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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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);
- Example: "a drama festival"
[syn: festival, fete]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         I cannot woo in festival terms.          --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Festi-val \Fes"ti-val\, n.
   A time of feasting or celebration; an anniversary day of joy,
   civil or religious.
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         The morning trumpets festival proclaimed. --Milton.

   Syn: Feast; banquet; carousal. See Feast.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

festival
    n 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: festival, fete]