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Definition of fest noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fest

noun
 
/fest/
 
/fest/
(informal)
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  1. a festival or large meeting concerned with a particular activity or interest
    • an annual food and wine fest
    • Tonight we'll review the highlights from the first week of the fest.
  2. -fest
    combining form (in nouns) an event involving a particular activity or with a particular atmosphere
    • a jazzfest
    • a talkfest (= a session involving long discussions)
    • The movie was a real snoozefest (= it was really boring).
    • (usually disapproving) a lovefest (= in which people show too much affection for each other that may not be genuine)
  3. Word Originfrom German Fest ‘festival’.
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