A2verb · irregular · intransitive · common

Easter

Eas·ter

Easter · Easters · Eastered · Eastering

To celebrate EasterTo celebrate Easter.

UK/ˈiːstə/US/ˈistəɹ/

» What are you doing for Easter, Tom?

Що ти робиш на Великдень, Томе? — Ahha

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Meaning

2 senses

(intransitive)To celebrate Easter.
(intransitive)To spend the Easter season in some place.

Examples

141 sentences

What are you doing for Easter, Tom?
Що ти робиш на Великдень, Томе? — Ahha
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I'm painting an Easter egg.
Я розфарбовую пасхальне яйце. — deniko
ruЯ крашу пасхальное яйцо. — odexed
deIch bemale ein Osterei. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Tom hates Easter.
Том ненавидить Великдень. — deniko
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I don't like Easter eggs.
Я не люблю великодні яйця. — deniko
ruНе люблю пасхальные яйца. — sharptoothed
deIch mag keine Ostereier. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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I wish you a happy Easter.
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Origin

The noun is derived from Middle English ester, from Old English ēastre, seemingly from Ēas

The noun is derived from Middle English ester, from Old English ēastre, seemingly from Ēastre, a proposed Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn whose festival is thought to have been celebrated around the vernal equinox. Further from Proto-West Germanic *Austrā, from Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ, derived from either Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn; east”) or, more semantically plausible, from *austrą, *auzrą, a metathesized form of *wazrą (“spring (season)”), *-ǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”).

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Forms

Easters, Eastering, Eastered, Eastered

Base form	Easter · to Easter
3rd person singular	Easters
Present participle	Eastering
Past simple	Eastered
Past participle	Eastered

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	Easter
he, she, it	Easters

Past simpleLesson

all persons

Eastered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have Eastered
he, she, it	has Eastered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will Easter

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

3 patterns

easter easter
easter easter eggs
easter eggs