Used in a Sentence

fest

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fest.

Editorial note

The XXX Freak Fest is not the problem, and AirBnB already compensated for that, which is why the post is not entirely obvious.

Examples16
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(in combination) A gathering for a specified reason or occasion.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fest gathered in one view.

noun

(in combination) A gathering for a specified reason or occasion.

noun

(in combination) An event in which the act denoted by the previous noun occurs.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fest.

noun

(in combination) A gathering for a specified reason or occasion.

noun

(in combination) An event in which the act denoted by the previous noun occurs.

Example sentences

1

The XXX Freak Fest is not the problem, and AirBnB already compensated for that, which is why the post is not entirely obvious.

2

It's the continual media love-fest for it, portraying it as a mainstream revolution in how our society functions...

3

Sure, freedom of speech technically allows him to say whatever he wants, but at the same time the school is responsible for preventing classes from turning into a profanity-fest.

4

It requires small, deliberate programming as opposed to the bloat fest web programming has become.

5

You guys don't even want to know what triggered this, suffice to say, canonical is not a happy open source love fest.

6

We just gave a very detailed presentation on our build system at CoreOS Fest which will be available in video form soon.

7

Apple will never let iOS become the janky malware fest that is Android.

8

And both a closure-based and a macro-based solution quickly become an unwieldy nest-fest once you need to deal with multiple resources in a row.

9

This is in complete contrast to the current love-fest with Obama.

10

The new Mad Max is not a green-screen-fest and it shows.

11

This question came up at the CoreOS Fest earlier today too.

12

Yet, throw in liquid food and it's a slug fest.

Quote examples

1

I also watched some people trying to printf-debug a problem, and it's usually a fest of "Was the problem here?

2

Since Pao had recently lost a gender discrimination lawsuit, aspects of the reddit community pattern-matched the occurances as "Social Justice Warrioring" and engaged in an organized hate-fest on Pao.

3

And since this always blows up in an "omg privacy" outrage fest, let's remember that Location History is opt-in and that Google frequently sends email reminders to participants that they are opted in.

4

I was actually really concerned when I saw the other one had been buried, and was worried HN was going to turn into a "do not slam our companies" love-fest.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fest in a sentence?

The XXX Freak Fest is not the problem, and AirBnB already compensated for that, which is why the post is not entirely obvious.

What does fest mean?

(in combination) A gathering for a specified reason or occasion.

What part of speech is fest?

fest is commonly used as noun.