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festivalizing

festivalizing is the present participle and gerund of festivalize.

Meaning of festivalize

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

Questions about festivalizing

What is festivalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Festivalizing is the present participle and gerund of festivalize.

Words near festivalizing in the dictionary

  1. festivalists
  2. festivalization
  3. festivalize
  4. festivalized
  5. festivalizes
  6. festivalizing
  7. festivally
  8. festivals
  9. festivalwear
  10. festive
  11. festive season

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