How do you use the word "party" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "party": You ought to have come to our party. You don't have to go to the party unless you want to.

Party Meaning

/ˈpɑːti/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.

nounA person; an individual.

Sentence Examples

You ought to have come to our party.

You don't have to go to the party unless you want to.

She was deeply ashamed of her behaviour at the party.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

company

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

She was invited to a birthday ____ at her best friend's house.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The surprise ____ was organized by her closest friends to celebrate her fortieth birthday.

Word Origin & History

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”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"if the Jury had found that the party slain had been of English race and nation, it had been adjudged felony" — 1612, Sir John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued:

"`These young parties have a way of looking at one, sir,' he would say apologetically, `which I don't call respectable.'" — 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

"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." — 1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter 6, in Tarzan of the Apes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, June 1914, →OCLC:

""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." — 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." — 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, page 103:

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