party
Part of speech: noun
verb
adj
Morphological type: derivation
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Etymology: From Middle English party, partye, partie, from Anglo-Norman partie, from Old French partie (“side, part; portion, share; separation, division”, literally “that which is divided”), noun use of feminine of past participle of Old French partir (“to divide, separate”), from Latin partire (“to share, part, distribute, divide”), from pars (“a part, piece, a share”); see also part. First attested in c. 1300. Doublet of partita. The sense of communist party of a communist state derives Russian партия (partija), short for Коммунистическая партия (Kommunističeskaja partija). By surface analysis, part + -y (“noun suffix”).
Inflected forms:
form: parties
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: parties
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: partying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: partied
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: partied
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.
pos: noun
examples: The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee.
if the Jury had found that the party slain had been of English race and nation, it had been adjudged felony
gloss: A person; an individual.
pos: noun
tags: dated
humorous
slang
vulgar
examples: He is a queer party.
`These young parties have a way of looking at one, sir,' he would say apologetically, `which I don't call respectable.'
gloss: A person; an individual.
pos: noun
tags: dated
humorous
slang
vulgar
examples: I can't possibly be (a) party to that kind of reckless behaviour.
gloss: A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest, etc., or united in maintaining a cause, policy, or opinion in opposition to others; a faction.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
broadly
examples: A mile back in the forest the tribe had heard the fierce challenge of the gorilla, and, as was his custom when any danger threatened, Kerchak called his people together, partly for mutual protection against a common enemy, since this gorilla might be but one of a party of several, and also to see that all members of the tribe were accounted for.
gloss: A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest, etc., or united in maintaining a cause, policy, or opinion in opposition to others; a faction.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
broadly
examples: The green party took 12% of the vote.
His party was campaigning successfuly.
"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day.[…]A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless." ¶ "Of what party is he?" she inquired, as though casually.
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
In the freer political atmosphere before the 1989 repression, peasant protests against the Party in Henan were sometimes openly discussed. A transcript of a meeting between peasants and cadres in Jili district near Luoyang published in the Peasants’ Daily recorded some vivid complaints.
The RNC entered June with about $72.4 million in cash reserves, nearly five times the $15 million stockpiled by the DNC, as the two parties gear up for gubernatorial races this fall and next year’s costly midterm elections for Congress. […] The party’s cash crunch is serious enough that party officials have weighed seeking a line of credit to help it stay afloat, a development first reported by The New York Times.
gloss: A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest, etc., or united in maintaining a cause, policy, or opinion in opposition to others; a faction.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
broadly
gloss: A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest, etc., or united in maintaining a cause, policy, or opinion in opposition to others; a faction.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
broadly
dated
gloss: A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest, etc., or united in maintaining a cause, policy, or opinion in opposition to others; a faction.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
archaic
broadly
gloss: A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest, etc., or united in maintaining a cause, policy, or opinion in opposition to others; a faction.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
broadly
gloss: A detachment of troops selected for a particular service or duty.
pos: noun
examples: boarding party
The settlers were attacked early next morning by a scouting party.
gloss: A group of people gathered together, especially temporarily, for a specific purpose such as travel or sport.
pos: noun
examples: We're expecting a large party from the London office.
Do you have a table available for a party of four?
We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner.
[…] the whole party were still standing and talking together very agreeably, when the sound of horses drew their notice, and Darcy and Bingley were seen riding down the street.
When the line was being surveyed in 1880, the survey party, proceeding along the course of Stock Creek, reached a natural amphitheatre with a rock wall 200 ft. high, in the face of which there was an arched tunnel entrance, [...] into which the stream passed.
gloss: A group of people gathered together, especially temporarily, for a specific purpose such as travel or sport.
pos: noun
examples: I'm throwing a huge party for my 21st birthday.
So-So, tonight, tonight, let’s look at where that time actually goes, and let’s begin with the most obvious form of fundraising: fundraisers. These are usually shitty parties in D.C. bars, restaurants, or townhouses, and there are a lot of them! The Sunlight Foundation estimates that, in the last election cycle, members of Congress held over 28 hundred fundraisers! Washington is like Rod Stewart’s haircut: party in the front, party in the back, frankly too much party and no business anywhere to be found!
You know I’d leave any party for you / 'Cause no party’s so sweet as a party of two
gloss: A group of people gathered together, especially temporarily, for a specific purpose such as travel or sport.
pos: noun
examples: Tupperware party
lingerie party
gloss: A small group of birds or mammals.
pos: noun
examples: Small parties of cattle were seen browsing in places where they must with with difficulty have kept their footing[.]
A party of mynas, consisting of several males and females, once selected the top of a low terraced roof, just below my verandah, as a site for courting and quarrelling.
Small parties and flocks close to breeding sites commonly give shrill, high-pitched, trilling screams.
gloss: A part or portion.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: And so the moost party of the castel that was falle doune thorugh that dolorous stroke laye vpon Pellam and balyn thre dayes.
gloss: A prospective partner or an offer of marriage.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A decision, resolution, agreement.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: We partied until the early hours.
gloss: To take recreational drugs.
pos: verb
tags: euphemistic
intransitive
slang
examples: “Miss, do you party?” the boy asked. “What?” Jennifer asked back. “Do you smoke? I'll get you some cheap. One American dollar equals forty Jamaican dollars. I'll get you as much of the stuff as you need.”
gloss: To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To form a party (with).
pos: verb
tags: Internet
intransitive
examples: If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.
gloss: Divided; in part.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
obsolete
examples: an escutcheon party per pale
gloss: Divided; in part.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
obsolete
rare
examples: Now converging, now diverging, these fences presented a striking irregularity of contour. No fence was party, nor any part of any fence.
gloss: Favoring one party; partisan.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Synonyms: blowout
gala
get-together
knees-up
partay
party
shindig
shivoo
Related words: part
partisan
blast
good time
Derived words: @ party
1st-party
2d party
2nd party
3d party
3d-party
3rd party
3rd-party
adverse party
after-party
afterparty
aggrieved party
all-party
aloha party
antiparty
a revolution is not a dinner party
bachelorx party
biparty
birthday party
blanket party
bloc party
bongo party
bottle party
box party
bridal party
brown paper bag party
buck's party
bush party
business in the front, party in the back
calling party
catch-all party
Cedar Party
charter-party
charter party
chickenpox party
chicken pox party
chief of party
circuit party
cocktail party deafness
cocktail party effect
cocktail party graph
come to the party
co-party
copyparty
corona party
coronavirus party
counterparty
counter-party
COVID-19 party
covid-19 party
Covid-19 party
covid party
cross-party
crush party
dadchelor party
darty
demoparty
despedida party
dinner-party
doe party
dress-up party
firing party
first-party
first party
first-party cookie
first-party logistics
flu party
flying party
foam party
foreparty
fourth-party logistics
frat party
gander party
GI party
G.I. party
glow party
help the Halloween party
hen's party
house cooling party
hurricane party
injured party
interparty
inter-party
intraparty
junk party
key party
kitty party
Labor Party
late to the party
launch party
Leopards Eating People's Faces Party
let's get the party started
let's get this party started
liberal party
libertarian party
life and soul of the party
life of the party
lingerie party
marooning party
Mars Bar party
Mazola party
measles party
microparty
monoparty
monopartyism
multiparty
multi-party
necktie-party
non-party
nonparty
office party
one-party
one-party system
pajama party
panic party
pants party
paper bag party
partay
partocracy
party and party costs
party and play
party-animal
party animal
partyarchy
party bag
party bike
party blower
party boat
party boss
party boy
party bus
party call
party card
party coat
party-coated
party costs
party-crasher
party crasher
party-crashing
party cry
party-cut
partydom
party-down
party dress
partyer
party favor
party foul
partyful
party game
Partygate
party girl
party-goer
partygoer
partygoing
party-hardy
party hat
party hearty
party-hearty
party horn
party in one's mouth
partyish
partyism
partyist
partyize
party jury
party leader
partyless
partylike
party like it's 1999
party line
party list
partyman
party man
partymaster
partymate
partymeister
party member
party membership card
partymonger
partyness
party-on
party opponent
party pastie
party pasty
party person
party pie
party piece
party pill
partyplace
party plan
party political
party political broadcast
party politics
party pooper
party-pooper
party-pooping
party popper
party potatoes
party powder
party puffer
party ring
party sausage roll
party school
party-sized
party spirit
party-spirited
party state
party store
party strengths
party sub
party tape
party time
party to
party to the action
party tray
party trick
party up
party van
party verdict
party wall
partyware
partywear
party whip
partywide
party wipe
party woman
pawty
people's party
petting party
pig party
pity party
play-party
play party
pluripartyism
pontoon party
postparty
pound party
pox party
preparty
pyjama party
raiding party
rainbow party
room party
sarong party
sarong party girl
satellite party
second-party
second party
sex party
shooting party
sip-and-see party
skittles party
skunk at a garden party
skunk at the garden party
socialist party
splash party
steel beach party
street party
strip party
subparty
tabby party
the party is over
third-party
third-party claim
third-party cookie
third party processor
three-party
three-party system
throw a party
trim party
triparty
two-party
two-partyism
two-party system
uniparty
unipartyism
unparty
watch party
white party
workers' party
wrap party
partier
party down
party hardy
party on
party-colour
party-coloured
party-gold
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: حِزْب
roman: ḥizb
lang: Arabic
word: طَرَف
roman: ṭaraf
lang: Bulgarian
word: па́ртия
roman: pártija
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 組 /组
roman: zǔ
lang: Dutch
word: partij
lang: Estonian
word: osapool
lang: Finnish
word: osapuoli
lang: French
word: faction
lang: German
word: Partei
lang: Hindi
word: पक्ष
roman: pakṣ
lang: Hungarian
word: párt
lang: Hungarian
word: oldal
lang: Indonesian
word: pihak
lang: Indonesian
word: partai
lang: Portuguese
word: partido
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: стра̏нка
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: strȁnka
lang: Spanish
word: partido
lang: Swahili
word: kundi
lang: Turkish
word: zümre
lang: Vietnamese
word: phe
lang: Vietnamese
word: phe đảng
lang: Vietnamese
word: bên
lang: Bulgarian
word: гру́па
roman: grúpa
lang: Esperanto
word: amikaro
lang: Finnish
word: seurue
lang: German
word: Partie
lang: Hungarian
word: csoport
lang: Hungarian
word: csapat
lang: Hungarian
word: brigád
lang: Indonesian
word: rombongan
lang: Irish
word: dream
lang: Irish
word: comhluadar
lang: Occitan
word: grop
lang: Occitan
word: banda
lang: Russian
word: гру́ппа
roman: grúppa
lang: Vietnamese
word: nhóm