English noun: festival |
1. | festival (time) a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration |
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| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | church festival, religious festival |
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2. | festival (act) an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place) |
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| Samples | A drama festival.
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| Synonyms | fete |
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| Broader (hypernym) | celebration, festivity |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Bacchanalia, carnival, Dionysia, eisteddfod, film festival, jazz festival, Kwanza, Kwanzaa, Oktoberfest, Saturnalia, sheepshearing |
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