party

party: par|ty1 [ `parti ] noun count ***

1. ) a social event at which people meet to celebrate something or to have fun by eating and drinking, dancing, playing games, etc.:

Are you going to Sally's birthday party?

There's going to be a party to celebrate the completion of the project.

give/have/throw/host a party (for someone/something): We're having a big party for our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.

a farewell party (=when someone leaves a place): It's Jane's farewell party on Friday night.

a surprise party: It was his birthday and I'd planned a surprise party for him.

a ) party house AMERICAN INFORMAL a place where there are often noisy parties

2. ) an organized group of people who have similar ideas about the way in which a country should be governed, and who work together to try to persuade people to vote for them in elections:

the two main political parties

a lifelong member of the Republican party

a ) only before noun belonging to or connected with a political party:

party members/policy

the former party chairman

the party faithful (=the members who always support a party): measures that have angered the party faithful

3. ) a group of people who are going somewhere together, or who are all involved in the same activity:

a rescue party

party of: a party of tourists

4. ) FORMAL a person or group involved in something such as an agreement or disagreement, especially a contract or legal case, with another person or group:

party to: the parties to the 1930 agreement

an interested party: The planning team will announce details next week at a meeting for interested parties.

a ) the guilty/innocent party the person who is responsible or not responsible for something wrong or illegal that has been done

(a) party to something FORMAL

involved in a particular activity, especially something criminal or dishonest:

I felt certain she was a party to his deception.

party

par|ty 2 [ `parti ] verb intransitive INFORMAL

party or party down to have fun eating and drinking, dancing, etc. with other people:

We've been partying all weekend.

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Synonyms:

Faction, set, junto, circle, ring, combination, league, confederacy, alliance, cabal, clique, coterie / Body, company, detachment, troop, squad / Company / Company, assembly, gathering, social as semblage / Participator, participant, partaker, sharer / Litigant, plaintiff or defendant / Person, individual, one, somebody, some one / Cause, side

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Party — Par ty (p[aum]r t[y^]), n.; pl. {Parties} (p[aum]r t[i^]z). [F. parti and partie, fr. F. partir to part, divide, L. partire, partiri. See {Part}, v.] 1. A part or portion. [Obs.] The most party of the time. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A number of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Party — Par ty, a. [F. parti divided, fr. partir to divide. See {Part}, v., and cf. {Partite}.] 1. (Her.) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale. [1913 Webster] 2. Partial; favoring one… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Party — Par ty, adv. Partly. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Party — Parties redirects here. For other uses, see The Parties (disambiguation). Birthday party redirects here. For other uses, see Birthday party (disambiguation). Pool party redirects here. For the video game, see Pool Party. For other uses, see Party … Wikipedia
Party — Das englische Wort Party (Übersetzung: Feier, Partei, Gesellschaft) steht für: Eine festliche Veranstaltung im privaten oder halböffentlichen Rahmen, meist zu einem bestimmten Anlass oder mit einem Thema. Gegenüber der Feier hat der Begriff Party … Deutsch Wikipedia
party — I. noun (plural parties) Etymology: Middle English partie part, party, from Anglo French, from partir to divide more at part Date: 14th century 1. a person or group taking one side of a question, dispute, or contest 2. a group of persons… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Party Up — Infobox Single Name = Party Up B side= Artist = DMX from Album = ...And Then There Was X Released = 2000 Format = 12 inch single Recorded = 1999 Genre = Hip hop, Crunk Length = 4:37 Label = Ruff Ryders Writer = E. Simmons Producer = Swizz Beatz… … Wikipedia
party — See: HEN PARTY, LIFE OF THE PARTY, NECK TIE PARTY, THROW A PARTY … Dictionary of American idioms
party — See: HEN PARTY, LIFE OF THE PARTY, NECK TIE PARTY, THROW A PARTY … Dictionary of American idioms
party to — {adj. phr.} Concerned with; participating in. * /The prosecution has been trying to show that the defendant was party to a fraud./ … Dictionary of American idioms
party to — {adj. phr.} Concerned with; participating in. * /The prosecution has been trying to show that the defendant was party to a fraud./ … Dictionary of American idioms

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