party

CEFRA1

/ˈpɑːti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A social event or a group with a shared purpose.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A person; an individual.

Examples

  • She was deeply ashamed of her behaviour at the party.

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

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈpʰɑɹɾi]
  • /-ti/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. 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.

  3. A political group considered as a formal whole, usually organized on a national basis, which contests elections and aims to form or take part in a government; a political party.

More examples

In context

  • You ought to have come to our party.

  • I can't possibly be (a) party to that kind of reckless behaviour.

  • The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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”).