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What is "festival" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does festival mean in English? Meaning of festival definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "festival" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "festival": a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration

Noun

  • Meaning: a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration
  • Synonyms: festival
  • Hyponyms: church festival religious festival
  • Hypernyms: period period of time time period

    • Hyphenation: fes‧ti‧val

    Meaning of "festival": an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)

    Noun

  • Meaning: an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)
  • Example: a drama festival
  • Synonyms: festival fete
  • Hyponyms: bacchanalia carnival dionysia eisteddfod film festival jazz festival kwanza kwanzaa oktoberfest saturnalia sheepshearing
  • Hypernyms: celebration festivity

    • Hyphenation: fes‧ti‧val

  • Adjective: Pertaining to a feast or feast-day. (Now only as the noun used attributively.) 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii: the temple of the Gods [...] / Whom all the people decke with girlands greene, / And honour in their festiuall resort [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii: the temple of the Gods [...] / Whom all the people decke with girlands greene, / And honour in their festiuall resort [...].

    • Synonyms:

    fair, feast, anniversary, competition, gala, holiday, commemoration, carnival, entertainment, merrymaking, fiesta, fete, treat, jubilee, festivities, field day,

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