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Meaning: A day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration Classified under: Nouns denoting time and temporal relations Hypernyms ("festival" is a kind of...): period; period of time; time period (an amount of time) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "festival"): church festival; religious festival (a festival having religious significance)
Meaning: An organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place) Classified under: Nouns denoting acts or actions Synonyms: festival; fete Context example: a drama festival Hypernyms ("festival" is a kind of...): celebration; festivity (any joyous diversion) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "festival"): carnival (a festival marked by merrymaking and processions) sheepshearing (a festival held at the time sheep are normally sheared) Saturnalia (an orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn) Oktoberfest (an autumn festival that involves merrymaking and drinking beer) Kwanza; Kwanzaa (a festival featuring African-American culture; celebrated between Christmas and New Year) jazz festival (a festival that features performances by jazz artists) film festival (a cinematic festival that features films (usually films produced during the past year)) eisteddfod (any of several annual Welsh festivals involving artistic competitions (especially in singing)) Bacchanalia; Dionysia (an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)) "No pain, no injury." (English proverb) "Cherish youth, but trust old age." (Native American proverb, Pueblo) "If you speak the word it shall own you, and if you don't you shall own it." (Arabic proverb) "Many hands make light work." (Dutch proverb)
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