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gala/ˈɡɑːlə $ ˈɡeɪlə, ˈɡælə/ noun [COUNTABLE]
[date : 1600-1700; Language : Italian; Origin : Old French gale 'fun and enjoyment']
1. a public entertainment or performance to celebrate a special occasion
gala dinner/performance/night etc
  ▪ the Society’s Gala Dinner
  ▪ a charity gala evening

2. British English a sports competition, especially in swimming

noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a gala concert (=performed to celebrate a special occasion)
a 75th anniversary gala concert
a gala evening (=a special entertainment show)
The gala evening featured a performance by the Kirov Ballet.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
dinner
A gala dinner is held fortnightly and lunch is alfresco.
A weekly gala dinner is held with folk music, and a piano bar provides music three times a week.
Once a week there is a Tyrolean gala dinner. 50 bedrooms: no singles available.
Once a week a gala dinner is held.
Two dining rooms; buffet style breakfast; weekly gala dinner.
From May to September there is a weekly gala dinner.
night
Misery Oldham were not mere spectators to this East Anglian gala night.
But the piecederesistance will be the gala night at the King's Hall.
performance
Disney should recoup some of that on worldwide sales of television rights to the gala performance.
It was a gala performance of Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme in the presence of the king.
They have given each guest a limited-edition Disney sweatshirt and insisted that they wear it to gain entry to the gala performance.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
A weekly gala dinner is held with folk music, and a piano bar provides music three times a week.
Gardai investigating the crash took statements from some of the dozens of spectators at yesterday's gala.
Manchester City had just won the League Cup and this was the night of their gala celebrations.
That evening, over dinner, the spirits of the gala evening returned.
The bodies are disinterred, and a colourful gala is held.
The format was changed slightly, to make it more of a gala day.

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