| 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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