Definition of festivity in English:

festivity

noun fɛˈstɪvɪtifɛˈstɪvədi

mass noun

1The celebration of something in a joyful and exuberant way.
欢庆
a time of great rejoicing and festivity
Example sentencesExamples
- The New Year celebrations go on for longer, meaning that Scots tend to think of the period as a single time of celebration and festivity.
- Carnival, an important festival that precedes Lent, is celebrated with much festivity.
- This most important fundraising event in aid of the Helvick Head Lifeboat, has become a day of festivity and celebration for people of all ages, and was recently featured in the TG4 TV programme Abair Amhran.
- The newspaper warned its readers not ‘to wink at such excesses, merely because they occur at a season of festivity.’
- For the harvester living and working where the land is not that fertile, ‘there is a feeling of festivity at the start of every harvest season’.
- This occasion is celebrated with much festivity - dancing, eating, and drinking.
- It is planned over a period of 6 months, and culminates in weekend of celebration and splendid festivity.
- Come December and the shops get ready for the season and an air of festivity is all around.
- At our Queen's golden jubilee nothing was done; no decorations or any public festivity by the council to celebrate what was a great achievement.
- It is the season for festivity, and Carnatica has learnt from past experience that many youngsters are keen to devote time to learn a song that can come in handy for a community performance.
- The bunting still flying after the Tinnahinch v Castletown for the county final gave the village an atmosphere of festivity with plenty to celebrate.
- Beyond the night itself they have made tremendous efforts to maintain a sense of festivity with their Winter Festival programmes of mulled wine and international market stalls.
- The festivity of the season brought joy to Sheenara.
- Over the years, other temples in the city too have begun celebrating Pongala in varying degrees of festivity and all of them have turned out to be occasions exclusively for women.
- Even though the appearance put in by the celebrity was all too brief (her name did not figure in the invitation card), the dose of glamour proved to be just the kind of kick start desired by the organisers, in this season of festivity.
- In an age when every moment of festivity is celebrated only by being swallowed by the endless advertising of Multi-National Corporations, it's easy to forget what life truly is about.
- It defies the cold grip of the season by indulging in festivity.
- The annual Killybegs Festival was an extravaganza of display and festivity to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of the Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation.
- The treasure of the piece has to be Donner and Blitzen, an archetypal Christmas track complete with sleighbells; full of enough good will to summon up the spirit of festivity in May.
- This year I'm getting three times as much festivity by celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving, US Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Synonyms
jollity, jolliness, merriment, gaiety, cheerfulness, cheeriness, cheer, joyfulness, euphoria, jubilance, conviviality, gleefulness, glee, high spirits, jocularity, revelry
dated sport
archaic sportiveness
1. 1.1festivities Activities or events celebrating a special occasion.
  庆典；庆祝活动
  the traditional Christmas and New Year festivities
  Example sentencesExamples
  Most of the galas, processions and other festivities had been held in pouring rain.
  Throughout the year, events and festivities will celebrate the way the sea touches our lives.
  Three events will provide the focus for the festivities, each presenting its own set of challenges.
  Five days of festivities helped a couple from Southwick mark 50 years of marriage.
  The best celebrations mix cultural meaning and reflection in with the festivities.
  However, they soon saw things our way, and decided to join in the festivities themselves.
  Everyone is invited to attend the event, which is set to get the festivities off to a good start.
  It was a most enjoyable social occasion and the festivities went on throughout the weekend.
  The town came alive as hundreds of people joined in the festivities.
  The atmosphere was electric and it was obvious that the crowd were enjoying the festivities.
  Two weeks of festivities are set to begin in Haworth to celebrate a movement to promote fairly traded goods.
  Carnival festivities will arrive in one town a month earlier than usual, in a bid to involve more people.
  Plans are being developed for the inaugural festivities to celebrate the history and spirit of Keighley.
  The festivities began on Monday last with a morning phairian or religious procession.
  This event brought a week of festivities to a close for the Mayo and Galway groups involved.
  Dovercourt was packed on Friday night as shoppers gathered for the annual festivities.
  The festivities are due to continue on Saturday as the town celebrates its Scuttlebrook Wake.
  Come along and enjoy a good night's dancing and start the Christmas festivities early.
  To round out the festivities, we sampled the amatriciana sauce on penne noodles.
  Visit his site for more news about his return and the festivities to welcome him home.
  Synonyms
  celebration, festival, festive event, festive occasion, entertainment, party, jamboree
  merrymaking, feasting, revelry, carousal, carousing, jollification
  revels, fun and games, frolics, celebrations, festive proceedings
  informal bash, shindig, shindy
  British informal rave-up, thrash, knees-up, jolly, beanfeast, bunfight, beano

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French festivite or Latin festivitas, from festivus 'festive', from festum, (plural) festa 'feast'.

Definition of festivity in US English:

festivity

nounfeˈstivədēfɛˈstɪvədi

1The celebration of something in a joyful and exuberant way.
欢庆
the season of festivity and goodwill
Example sentencesExamples
- It defies the cold grip of the season by indulging in festivity.
- Even though the appearance put in by the celebrity was all too brief (her name did not figure in the invitation card), the dose of glamour proved to be just the kind of kick start desired by the organisers, in this season of festivity.
- This most important fundraising event in aid of the Helvick Head Lifeboat, has become a day of festivity and celebration for people of all ages, and was recently featured in the TG4 TV programme Abair Amhran.
- The festivity of the season brought joy to Sheenara.
- The newspaper warned its readers not ‘to wink at such excesses, merely because they occur at a season of festivity.’
- Carnival, an important festival that precedes Lent, is celebrated with much festivity.
- The bunting still flying after the Tinnahinch v Castletown for the county final gave the village an atmosphere of festivity with plenty to celebrate.
- It is planned over a period of 6 months, and culminates in weekend of celebration and splendid festivity.
- The annual Killybegs Festival was an extravaganza of display and festivity to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of the Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation.
- This occasion is celebrated with much festivity - dancing, eating, and drinking.
- At our Queen's golden jubilee nothing was done; no decorations or any public festivity by the council to celebrate what was a great achievement.
- Over the years, other temples in the city too have begun celebrating Pongala in varying degrees of festivity and all of them have turned out to be occasions exclusively for women.
- The New Year celebrations go on for longer, meaning that Scots tend to think of the period as a single time of celebration and festivity.
- This year I'm getting three times as much festivity by celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving, US Thanksgiving and Christmas.
- It is the season for festivity, and Carnatica has learnt from past experience that many youngsters are keen to devote time to learn a song that can come in handy for a community performance.
- For the harvester living and working where the land is not that fertile, ‘there is a feeling of festivity at the start of every harvest season’.
- The treasure of the piece has to be Donner and Blitzen, an archetypal Christmas track complete with sleighbells; full of enough good will to summon up the spirit of festivity in May.
- In an age when every moment of festivity is celebrated only by being swallowed by the endless advertising of Multi-National Corporations, it's easy to forget what life truly is about.
- Beyond the night itself they have made tremendous efforts to maintain a sense of festivity with their Winter Festival programmes of mulled wine and international market stalls.
- Come December and the shops get ready for the season and an air of festivity is all around.
Synonyms
jollity, jolliness, merriment, gaiety, cheerfulness, cheeriness, cheer, joyfulness, euphoria, jubilance, conviviality, gleefulness, glee, high spirits, jocularity, revelry
1. 1.1 A festive celebration.
  she had caught Susan taking a bunch of bouquets at the conclusion of an earlier festivity
  Example sentencesExamples
  The championship hosted a Bulgarian festivity marking the 75th birthday of the president of the European Boxing Federation and vice president, Emil Zhechev.
  On the last evening of the festivity, the deity really appeared to shed tears in anticipation of her imminent departure.
  Monsters HD-Halloween may be a one-month festivity, but Voom celebrates spooky entertainment with Monsters HD all year around.
  Everyone seemed to be having a good time, notwithstanding the truncating of the festivity by the customary extra day, Sunday.
  That all changed when I saw an advertisement in the newspaper for a grand festivity sure to be remembered forever in the annals of history.
  Many passengers had been preparing for the festivity all day.
  Beginning as a domestic festivity, Ganesha Chaturthi has long since been raised to the status of a public festival.
  The anti-Valentine zealots of Shiv Sena are not just grouching about a harmless festivity.
  Originally Olympics took the form of a local festivity, designed to provide a forum for friendly competition.
  After almost two years of gasping for anything that seems to work, Washington and London could not wait to begin the festivity on the basis of pure symbolism.
  For someone is about to find the Bean in his cake and thereby become King of the festivity.
  The Carnival in Rio is a festivity that unites enthusiasts of all classes on the streets.
  It's one of the city's oldest and best-known zine conventions, a semiannual festivity in Hogtown since poet and indie eminence Stuart Ross molded the first show nearly 20 years ago.
  A son's birth involves a circumcision festivity during which the mother gets presents.
  Her going to the festivity could have saved her sister's life, but she had been selfish, thinking only of her popularity and of her new friends.
  The spirit of the festivity is felt in each devotee in the locality.
  The mosque goers will also hear Indonesian Muslim scholar Azyumardi Azra speak during Friday prayers during the festivity, the first Indonesian in 300 years to do so in South Africa, Philander said.
  They all dismounted and were taken into a great hall, where a glowing fire already was lit to provide warmth during the night and to give light for the festivity that was about to take place.
  In fact, during the festivity, the whole market will be illuminated for the event.
  Weddings are an important festivity in the islands and are influenced by Cape Verdeans' African roots.
2. 1.2festivities Activities or events celebrating a special occasion.
  庆典；庆祝活动
  the Chinese New Year is celebrated with a multitude of festivities
  Example sentencesExamples
  Carnival festivities will arrive in one town a month earlier than usual, in a bid to involve more people.
  The festivities began on Monday last with a morning phairian or religious procession.
  Visit his site for more news about his return and the festivities to welcome him home.
  Throughout the year, events and festivities will celebrate the way the sea touches our lives.
  To round out the festivities, we sampled the amatriciana sauce on penne noodles.
  The town came alive as hundreds of people joined in the festivities.
  Five days of festivities helped a couple from Southwick mark 50 years of marriage.
  However, they soon saw things our way, and decided to join in the festivities themselves.
  Two weeks of festivities are set to begin in Haworth to celebrate a movement to promote fairly traded goods.
  The atmosphere was electric and it was obvious that the crowd were enjoying the festivities.
  Dovercourt was packed on Friday night as shoppers gathered for the annual festivities.
  The best celebrations mix cultural meaning and reflection in with the festivities.
  Three events will provide the focus for the festivities, each presenting its own set of challenges.
  The festivities are due to continue on Saturday as the town celebrates its Scuttlebrook Wake.
  It was a most enjoyable social occasion and the festivities went on throughout the weekend.
  Everyone is invited to attend the event, which is set to get the festivities off to a good start.
  Most of the galas, processions and other festivities had been held in pouring rain.
  Come along and enjoy a good night's dancing and start the Christmas festivities early.
  This event brought a week of festivities to a close for the Mayo and Galway groups involved.
  Plans are being developed for the inaugural festivities to celebrate the history and spirit of Keighley.
  Synonyms
  celebration, festival, festive event, festive occasion, entertainment, party, jamboree

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French festivite or Latin festivitas, from festivus ‘festive’, from festum, (plural) festa ‘feast’.

词汇	festivity
释义	Definition of festivity in English: festivity noun fɛˈstɪvɪtifɛˈstɪvədi mass noun 1The celebration of something in a joyful and exuberant way. 欢庆 a time of great rejoicing and festivity Example sentencesExamples The New Year celebrations go on for longer, meaning that Scots tend to think of the period as a single time of celebration and festivity. Carnival, an important festival that precedes Lent, is celebrated with much festivity. This most important fundraising event in aid of the Helvick Head Lifeboat, has become a day of festivity and celebration for people of all ages, and was recently featured in the TG4 TV programme Abair Amhran. The newspaper warned its readers not ‘to wink at such excesses, merely because they occur at a season of festivity.’ For the harvester living and working where the land is not that fertile, ‘there is a feeling of festivity at the start of every harvest season’. This occasion is celebrated with much festivity - dancing, eating, and drinking. It is planned over a period of 6 months, and culminates in weekend of celebration and splendid festivity. Come December and the shops get ready for the season and an air of festivity is all around. At our Queen's golden jubilee nothing was done; no decorations or any public festivity by the council to celebrate what was a great achievement. It is the season for festivity, and Carnatica has learnt from past experience that many youngsters are keen to devote time to learn a song that can come in handy for a community performance. The bunting still flying after the Tinnahinch v Castletown for the county final gave the village an atmosphere of festivity with plenty to celebrate. Beyond the night itself they have made tremendous efforts to maintain a sense of festivity with their Winter Festival programmes of mulled wine and international market stalls. The festivity of the season brought joy to Sheenara. Over the years, other temples in the city too have begun celebrating Pongala in varying degrees of festivity and all of them have turned out to be occasions exclusively for women. Even though the appearance put in by the celebrity was all too brief (her name did not figure in the invitation card), the dose of glamour proved to be just the kind of kick start desired by the organisers, in this season of festivity. In an age when every moment of festivity is celebrated only by being swallowed by the endless advertising of Multi-National Corporations, it's easy to forget what life truly is about. It defies the cold grip of the season by indulging in festivity. The annual Killybegs Festival was an extravaganza of display and festivity to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of the Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation. The treasure of the piece has to be Donner and Blitzen, an archetypal Christmas track complete with sleighbells; full of enough good will to summon up the spirit of festivity in May. This year I'm getting three times as much festivity by celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving, US Thanksgiving and Christmas. Synonyms jollity, jolliness, merriment, gaiety, cheerfulness, cheeriness, cheer, joyfulness, euphoria, jubilance, conviviality, gleefulness, glee, high spirits, jocularity, revelry dated sport archaic sportiveness 1.1festivities Activities or events celebrating a special occasion. 庆典；庆祝活动 the traditional Christmas and New Year festivities Example sentencesExamples Most of the galas, processions and other festivities had been held in pouring rain. Throughout the year, events and festivities will celebrate the way the sea touches our lives. Three events will provide the focus for the festivities, each presenting its own set of challenges. Five days of festivities helped a couple from Southwick mark 50 years of marriage. The best celebrations mix cultural meaning and reflection in with the festivities. However, they soon saw things our way, and decided to join in the festivities themselves. Everyone is invited to attend the event, which is set to get the festivities off to a good start. It was a most enjoyable social occasion and the festivities went on throughout the weekend. The town came alive as hundreds of people joined in the festivities. The atmosphere was electric and it was obvious that the crowd were enjoying the festivities. Two weeks of festivities are set to begin in Haworth to celebrate a movement to promote fairly traded goods. Carnival festivities will arrive in one town a month earlier than usual, in a bid to involve more people. Plans are being developed for the inaugural festivities to celebrate the history and spirit of Keighley. The festivities began on Monday last with a morning phairian or religious procession. This event brought a week of festivities to a close for the Mayo and Galway groups involved. Dovercourt was packed on Friday night as shoppers gathered for the annual festivities. The festivities are due to continue on Saturday as the town celebrates its Scuttlebrook Wake. Come along and enjoy a good night's dancing and start the Christmas festivities early. To round out the festivities, we sampled the amatriciana sauce on penne noodles. Visit his site for more news about his return and the festivities to welcome him home. Synonyms celebration, festival, festive event, festive occasion, entertainment, party, jamboree merrymaking, feasting, revelry, carousal, carousing, jollification revels, fun and games, frolics, celebrations, festive proceedings informal bash, shindig, shindy British informal rave-up, thrash, knees-up, jolly, beanfeast, bunfight, beano Origin Late Middle English: from Old French festivite or Latin festivitas, from festivus 'festive', from festum, (plural) festa 'feast'. Definition of festivity in US English: festivity nounfeˈstivədēfɛˈstɪvədi 1The celebration of something in a joyful and exuberant way. 欢庆 the season of festivity and goodwill Example sentencesExamples It defies the cold grip of the season by indulging in festivity. Even though the appearance put in by the celebrity was all too brief (her name did not figure in the invitation card), the dose of glamour proved to be just the kind of kick start desired by the organisers, in this season of festivity. This most important fundraising event in aid of the Helvick Head Lifeboat, has become a day of festivity and celebration for people of all ages, and was recently featured in the TG4 TV programme Abair Amhran. The festivity of the season brought joy to Sheenara. The newspaper warned its readers not ‘to wink at such excesses, merely because they occur at a season of festivity.’ Carnival, an important festival that precedes Lent, is celebrated with much festivity. The bunting still flying after the Tinnahinch v Castletown for the county final gave the village an atmosphere of festivity with plenty to celebrate. It is planned over a period of 6 months, and culminates in weekend of celebration and splendid festivity. The annual Killybegs Festival was an extravaganza of display and festivity to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of the Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation. This occasion is celebrated with much festivity - dancing, eating, and drinking. At our Queen's golden jubilee nothing was done; no decorations or any public festivity by the council to celebrate what was a great achievement. Over the years, other temples in the city too have begun celebrating Pongala in varying degrees of festivity and all of them have turned out to be occasions exclusively for women. The New Year celebrations go on for longer, meaning that Scots tend to think of the period as a single time of celebration and festivity. This year I'm getting three times as much festivity by celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving, US Thanksgiving and Christmas. It is the season for festivity, and Carnatica has learnt from past experience that many youngsters are keen to devote time to learn a song that can come in handy for a community performance. For the harvester living and working where the land is not that fertile, ‘there is a feeling of festivity at the start of every harvest season’. The treasure of the piece has to be Donner and Blitzen, an archetypal Christmas track complete with sleighbells; full of enough good will to summon up the spirit of festivity in May. In an age when every moment of festivity is celebrated only by being swallowed by the endless advertising of Multi-National Corporations, it's easy to forget what life truly is about. Beyond the night itself they have made tremendous efforts to maintain a sense of festivity with their Winter Festival programmes of mulled wine and international market stalls. Come December and the shops get ready for the season and an air of festivity is all around. Synonyms jollity, jolliness, merriment, gaiety, cheerfulness, cheeriness, cheer, joyfulness, euphoria, jubilance, conviviality, gleefulness, glee, high spirits, jocularity, revelry 1.1 A festive celebration. she had caught Susan taking a bunch of bouquets at the conclusion of an earlier festivity Example sentencesExamples The championship hosted a Bulgarian festivity marking the 75th birthday of the president of the European Boxing Federation and vice president, Emil Zhechev. On the last evening of the festivity, the deity really appeared to shed tears in anticipation of her imminent departure. Monsters HD-Halloween may be a one-month festivity, but Voom celebrates spooky entertainment with Monsters HD all year around. Everyone seemed to be having a good time, notwithstanding the truncating of the festivity by the customary extra day, Sunday. That all changed when I saw an advertisement in the newspaper for a grand festivity sure to be remembered forever in the annals of history. Many passengers had been preparing for the festivity all day. Beginning as a domestic festivity, Ganesha Chaturthi has long since been raised to the status of a public festival. The anti-Valentine zealots of Shiv Sena are not just grouching about a harmless festivity. Originally Olympics took the form of a local festivity, designed to provide a forum for friendly competition. After almost two years of gasping for anything that seems to work, Washington and London could not wait to begin the festivity on the basis of pure symbolism. For someone is about to find the Bean in his cake and thereby become King of the festivity. The Carnival in Rio is a festivity that unites enthusiasts of all classes on the streets. It's one of the city's oldest and best-known zine conventions, a semiannual festivity in Hogtown since poet and indie eminence Stuart Ross molded the first show nearly 20 years ago. A son's birth involves a circumcision festivity during which the mother gets presents. Her going to the festivity could have saved her sister's life, but she had been selfish, thinking only of her popularity and of her new friends. The spirit of the festivity is felt in each devotee in the locality. The mosque goers will also hear Indonesian Muslim scholar Azyumardi Azra speak during Friday prayers during the festivity, the first Indonesian in 300 years to do so in South Africa, Philander said. They all dismounted and were taken into a great hall, where a glowing fire already was lit to provide warmth during the night and to give light for the festivity that was about to take place. In fact, during the festivity, the whole market will be illuminated for the event. Weddings are an important festivity in the islands and are influenced by Cape Verdeans' African roots. 1.2festivities Activities or events celebrating a special occasion. 庆典；庆祝活动 the Chinese New Year is celebrated with a multitude of festivities Example sentencesExamples Carnival festivities will arrive in one town a month earlier than usual, in a bid to involve more people. The festivities began on Monday last with a morning phairian or religious procession. Visit his site for more news about his return and the festivities to welcome him home. Throughout the year, events and festivities will celebrate the way the sea touches our lives. To round out the festivities, we sampled the amatriciana sauce on penne noodles. The town came alive as hundreds of people joined in the festivities. Five days of festivities helped a couple from Southwick mark 50 years of marriage. However, they soon saw things our way, and decided to join in the festivities themselves. Two weeks of festivities are set to begin in Haworth to celebrate a movement to promote fairly traded goods. The atmosphere was electric and it was obvious that the crowd were enjoying the festivities. Dovercourt was packed on Friday night as shoppers gathered for the annual festivities. The best celebrations mix cultural meaning and reflection in with the festivities. Three events will provide the focus for the festivities, each presenting its own set of challenges. The festivities are due to continue on Saturday as the town celebrates its Scuttlebrook Wake. It was a most enjoyable social occasion and the festivities went on throughout the weekend. Everyone is invited to attend the event, which is set to get the festivities off to a good start. Most of the galas, processions and other festivities had been held in pouring rain. Come along and enjoy a good night's dancing and start the Christmas festivities early. This event brought a week of festivities to a close for the Mayo and Galway groups involved. Plans are being developed for the inaugural festivities to celebrate the history and spirit of Keighley. Synonyms celebration, festival, festive event, festive occasion, entertainment, party, jamboree Origin Late Middle English: from Old French festivite or Latin festivitas, from festivus ‘festive’, from festum, (plural) festa ‘feast’.
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