noun, verb
noun (also fete, fair) (all BrE) (AmE carnival) an outdoor entertainment at which people can play games to win prizes, buy food and drink, etc., usually arranged to make money for a special purpose:
the school / village / church fete
verb (also fete especially in AmE) [VN] [usuallypassive] (written) to welcome, praise or entertain sb publicly:
Everywhere they went they were feted by admirers.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for fete is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does fete appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — fete appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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