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# festive

«festive» in Mova's school dictionary: **happy and cheerful, like a party or celebration** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Festive means happy and cheerful, like a party or celebration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/festive/#m1)

2) Connected with a holiday or festival, especially Christmas: «the festive season». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/festive/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life and stories about holidays: «festive decorations», «festive mood», «festive food», «festive season» (UK, Ireland, Australia for Christmas time). It tells the reader the feeling is cheerful and celebrating.

### examples

- The hall looked festive with lights and balloons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/festive/#x1)
- We sang songs in a festive mood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/festive/#x2)
- The festive season is a busy time for shops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/festive/#x3)
- Mum made a festive pudding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/festive/#x4)
- Everyone wore festive jumpers to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/festive/#x5)
- The town square was full of festive stalls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/festive/#x6)
- Many festive evenings were spent on board. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/festive/#x7)

### note

Noun: festival, festivity (festivities = celebrations). «Festive season» usually means Christmas and New Year. «Christmas jumper» (UK) = «ugly Christmas sweater» (US).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «festive» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/festive/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.