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Celebrated For: Standard Pattern

Celebrated For: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than turning one attested complement into a universal prohibition.

Quick answer

Use “celebrated for” to identify the ability, quality, work, or achievement for which someone or something is famous.

Key details

Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective or complement construction
Termscelebrated for

Further guidance

Construction

Use “celebrated for” to identify the ability, quality, work, or achievement for which someone or something is famous.

Style Boundary

“Celebrated” also works attributively, as in “a celebrated writer.” This page covers the documented “celebrated for” construction only.

Sources and evidence

Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.

  1. Celebrated — Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge Dictionary · Direct dictionary evidence for “celebrated for” introducing the ability or quality for which someone is famous

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