party in English dictionary

  • party

    Meanings and definitions of "party"

    • (law) A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.
    • With to: an accessory, someone who takes part.
    • (now rare in general sense) A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.
    • A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.
    • (military) A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose.
    • A social gathering for entertainment and fun.
    • A group of people travelling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity.
    • (gaming, online gaming) Active player characters organized into a single group.
    • (video games) Group of characters controlled by the player.
    • (obsolete) A part or division.
    • A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.
    • (intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
    • (intransitive, slang, euphemism) To take recreational drugs.
    • (gaming, online gaming) (transitive) To form a party (with).
    • (obsolete, except in compounds) Divided; in part.
    • (a) party
    • adjective
      (obsolete, except in compounds)
      Divided; in part.
    • adjective
      (heraldry)
      Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries.
    • adverb
      (obsolete)
      Partly.
    • noun
      (law)
      A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.
    • noun
      A person.
    • noun
      (now rare in general sense)
      A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.
    • noun
      A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.
    • noun
      (military)
      A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose.
    • noun
      A social gathering.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A part or division.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
    • verb
      (intransitive, slang, euphemistic)
      To take recreational drugs.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
    • verb
      (online gaming, intransitive)
      To form a party (with).
    • Social gathering for entertainment and fun.
    • An entity outside of BizTalk Server that interacts with an orchestration. All of the partners your organization deals with are considered parties, and your organization may have several thousand partners.
    • body (of troops)
    • social (event)
    • party (political)
    • party (of people)
    • section (mil)
    • An organized group that has as its fundamental aim the attainment of political power and public office for its designated leaders. Usually, apolitical party will advertise a common commitment by its leaders and its membership to a set of political, social, economic and/or cultural values.
    • (eating or drinking) party
    • law: particular side in a contract or legal action
    • political group
    • social gathering
    • to celebrate at a party
    • noun
      an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment; "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day"
    • noun
      an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"
    • noun
      a band of people associated temporarily in some activity; "they organized a party to search for food"; "the company of cooks walked into the kitchen"
    • noun
      a group of people gathered together for pleasure; "she joined the party after dinner"
    • noun
      a person involved in legal proceedings; "the party of the first part"
    • verb
      have or participate in a party; "The students were partying all night before the exam"

    Synonyms of "party" in English dictionary

    social occasion, mortal, person are the top synonyms of "party" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of party

    • party ( third-person singular simple present parties, present participle partying, simple past and past participle partied)
    • party ( plural  parties)
    • party ( comparative partier or more party, superlative partiest or most party)
    • party (not comparable)
    • party (plural parties)
    • party (third-person singular simple present parties, present participle partying, simple past and past participle partied)
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