Festival - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Festival :  (noun)
1: a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration
2: an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival" [syn: fete]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Festival : \Fes"ti*val\, a. [OF. festival, fr. L. festivum festive jollity, fr. festivus festive, gay. See Festive.] Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful.

I cannot woo in festival terms. --Shak.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Festi-val \Fes"ti-val\, n. A time of feasting or celebration; an anniversary day of joy, civil or religious.

The morning trumpetsFestival : proclaimed. --Milton.

Syn: Feast; banquet; carousal. See Feast.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Festival

waltaaa: Soundwave is going to be an orgasm, not a music Festival.
onlymaaikeleft: writing a new blog about the weekend with the ontpop Festival with @onlysevenleft, i'll tweet the link when i'm doooone xxx
respiraxlavida: RT @dbtinker RT @challrecife essa mulher arrasa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LczfR1ndO_s tragam ela pro Festival de VerĂ£o 2010!!! @Anahi
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