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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)

  1. (transitive) 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 presentfestivalizes
present participlefestivalizing
past participlefestivalized
pastfestivalized

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

  1. festivalgoer
  2. festivalgoers
  3. festivalist
  4. festivalists
  5. festivalization
  6. festivalize
  7. festivalized
  8. festivalizes
  9. festivalizing
  10. festivally
  11. festivals

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