festivalize
festivalize verb: to make into, or like, a festival.
Verb
festivalize (third-person singular simple present festivalizes, present participle festivalizing, simple past and past participle festivalized)
- To make into, or like, a festival.
- The sharp edges of this, the bits that people notice, tend to be in spaces that we understand instinctively as belonging to all of us: parks and commons, which are increasingly “festivalised” – gated off for ticket holders.2023 September 19, Zoe Williams, “Corporation creep: why London’s Bond Street became Burberry Street - and caused outrage”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Forms of festivalize
| third-person singular present | festivalizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | festivalizing |
| past participle | festivalized |
| past | festivalized |
Origin of festivalize
From festival + -ize.
Questions about festivalize
- What does festivalize mean?
- Festivalize means to make into, or like, a festival.
- What part of speech is festivalize?
- Festivalize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of festivalize?
- The past tense of festivalize is festivalized.
Words near festivalize in the dictionary
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