party.
A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.
Meaning & usage
A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.
The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee.
A person; an individual.
He is a queer party.
A person; an individual. With to: someone who takes part in an action or affair; an accessory.
I can't possibly be (a) party to that kind of reckless behaviour.
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.
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. 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.
The green party took 12% of the vote.
His party was campaigning successfuly.
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. 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. The Communist Party, especially as the sole political party of a communist state.
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. 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. The feeling of solidarity with and support for one's political party; partisanship, especially in political matters.
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. Active player characters organized into a single group.
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. A group of characters controlled by the player.
A detachment of troops selected for a particular service or duty.
boarding party
The settlers were attacked early next morning by a scouting party.
A group of people gathered together, especially temporarily, for a specific purpose such as travel or sport.
We're expecting a large party from the London office.
Do you have a table available for a party of four?
A group of people gathered together, especially temporarily, for a specific purpose such as travel or sport. A social gathering, usually of invited guests, which typically involves eating, drinking, and entertainment and often held to celebrate a particular occasion.
I'm throwing a huge party for my 21st birthday.
A group of people gathered together, especially temporarily, for a specific purpose such as travel or sport. A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.
Tupperware party
lingerie party
A small group of birds or mammals.
A part or portion.
A prospective partner or an offer of marriage.
A decision, resolution, agreement.
Where this word comes from
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”).
To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
We partied until the early hours.
To take recreational drugs.
To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
To form a party (with).
If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.
Where this word comes from
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”).
Partly.
Where this word comes from
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”).
Divided; in part. Divided into parts of different tinctures, usually equal, and especially following the lines of one of the ordinaries.
an escutcheon party per pale
Divided; in part. Shared by two properties and serving to divide them.
Favoring one party; partisan.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English party, from Old French parti (“parted”), from Latin partītus (“parted”), past participle of partiō (“to divide”). More at part.
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