Participate Meaning
/pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something).
verbTo share, to take part in (something).
Sentence Examples
Anyone can participate in the game, no matter what nationality they are.
Please give us a call now if you want to participate in the workshop.
Anyone who wishes to participate is welcome.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She was very enthusiastic about joining the team and decided to ____ eagerly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Students are encouraged to actively ____ in class discussions to improve their communication skills.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Latin participātus, the perfect passive participle of participō (“to take part in, share in, give part in, impart”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from particeps (“taking part (in), sharing (in); someone who takes part (in)”, particip- in compounds), from pars (“part”, part- in compounds) + -ceps (“which takes, taker”), literally “(someone) who takes part”; see part and capable. Compare Old English dǣlniman (“to participate”), an earlier calque of the same Latin verb.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"For the second year, foreign amateur runners were allowed to participate in a 10-kilometer race, a half-marathon or a full marathon in Pyongyang, the capital. The races were a part of the April 15 birthday celebration of Kim Il-sung, the former leader of North Korea and father of his successors: Kim Jong-il, a son, and Kim Jong-un, a grandson."
— 2015 April 16, Jeré Longman, “At Marathon in North Korea, Curiosity Goes a Long Way”, in The New York Times:
"A spirit I am indeed;
But am in that dimension grossly clad
Which from the womb I did participate."
— c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
"[The Persees] are tollerated all sorts of meat; but (in obedience to the Mahomitan and Bannyan ’mongst whom they live) refraine Beefe and Hog flesh: they seldome feed together, lest they might participate one anothers impurity: each has his owne cup […]."
— 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels Into Africa & Asia the Great, London: Jacob Blome and Richard Bishop, Book I, p. 52:
"[H]e is less likely there to find companions who understand him, and can participate his pleasure: for the French ladies in general have, I believe, very little notion of that species of delight that arises from contemplating the simple beauties of nature."
— 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 244:
"In what country on the globe is it, that in the class of mankind doomed to labour, we shall not find tribes, the women of which participate the toils of the men?"
— 1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, Letter 4, p. 109:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She was very enthusiastic about joining the team and decided to ____ eagerly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Students are encouraged to actively ____ in class discussions to improve their communication skills.