party
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɑː.ti/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹ.ti/, [ˈpʰɑɹɾi]
Audio (US) (file) Audio (Canada) (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpɑ(ː)ɾi/, [ˈpʰɑ(ː)ɾi]
- Rhymes: -ɑː(r)ti
- Hyphenation: par‧ty
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman partie, Old French partie, from Medieval Latin partita (“a part, party”), from Latin partita, feminine of partitus, past participle of partiri (“to divide”); see part.
Noun
party (plural parties)
- (law) A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.
- The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee.
- (Can we date this quote?) Sir John Davies
- If the jury found that the party slain was of English race, it had been adjudged felony.
- A person.
- (now rare in general sense) A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Ch.6:
- 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.
- (role-playing games, online gaming) Active player characters organized into a single group.
- (video games) A group of characters controlled by the player.
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Ch.6:
- A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.
- The green party took 12% of the vote.
- 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314, page 0124:
- "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.
- (military) A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose.
- The settlers were attacked early next morning by a scouting party.
- A social gathering.
- A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing.
- I'm throwing a huge party for my 21st birthday.
- 2016 April 3, John Oliver, “Congressional Fundraising”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 7, HBO:
- So-So, tonight, tonight, let’s look at where that time actually goes, and let’s begin with the most obvious form of fundraising: fundraisers. These are usually shitty parties in D.C. bars, restaurants, or townhouses, and there are a lot of them! The Sunlight Foundation estimates that, in the last election cycle, members of Congress held over 28 hundred fundraisers! Washington is like Rod Stewart’s haircut: party in the front, party in the back, frankly too much party and no business anywhere to be found!
- A group of people traveling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity.
- We're expecting a large party from the London office.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:
- We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner.
- A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.
- Tupperware party
- lingerie party
- A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing.
- (obsolete) A part or division.
- 1485 July 31, Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London]: […] [by William Caxton], OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: Published by David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034:, Bk.II, Ch.xv:
- And so the moost party of the castel that was falle doune thorugh that dolorous stroke laye vpon Pellam and balyn thre dayes.
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Synonyms
- (social gathering): bash, do, rave
- See also Thesaurus:party
Hyponyms
- communist party, Communist Party
- afterparty
- agrarian party
- bachelorette party
- bachelor party
- beach party
- block party
- boarding party
- bucks' party
- charter party
- cocktail party
- coming-out party
- concert party
- Conservative party
- costume party
- dinner party
- fatigue party
- garden party
- green party
- hen party
- house party
- Independence Party
- keg party
- landing party
- LAN party
- lawn party
- major party
- minor party
- mushroom party
- necktie party
- party of the first part
- party of the second part
- political party
- pool party
- prevailing party
- rescue party
- sausage party
- search party
- slumber party
- splinter party
- stag party
- surprise party
- tailgate party
- tea party
- third party
- toga party
- Tupperware party
- war party
- wedding party
Derived terms
- afterparty
- after-party
- copyparty
- cross-party
- one-party
- partay
- @ party
- partyer
- partygoer
- partyism
- partyplace
- third-party
- three-party
- two-party
Related terms
- come to the party
- late to the party
- life of the party
- part
- partisan
- party and party costs
- party animal
- party blower
- party boss
- party boy
- party bus
- party-coated
- party costs
- party crasher
- party dress
- party favor
- party game
- party girl
- party jury
- party leader
- party line
- party member
- party pie
- party politics
- party pooper
- party puffer
- party school
- party spirit
- party state
- party strengths
- party to the action
- party tray
- party trick
- party wall
- party whip
- skunk at a garden party
- the party is over
- throw a party
Translations
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Verb
party (third-person singular simple present parties, present participle partying, simple past and past participle partied)
- (intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
- We partied until the early hours.
- (intransitive, slang, euphemistic) To take recreational drugs.
- 2004, Daniel Nicholas Shields, Firewoman
- “Miss, do you party?” the boy asked. “What?” Jennifer asked back. “Do you smoke? I'll get you some cheap. One American dollar equals forty Jamaican dollars. I'll get you as much of the stuff as you need.”
- 2004, Daniel Nicholas Shields, Firewoman
- (intransitive) To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
- (online gaming, intransitive) To form a party (with).
- If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.
Derived terms
- party down
- party on
Translations
References
Party (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia party on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From Middle English, from Old French parti (“parted”), from Latin partītus (“parted”), past participle of partiri (“to divide”). More at part.
Adjective
party (not comparable)
Derived terms
- party-coated
- party-colour
- party-coloured
- party-gold
Adverb
party (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Partly.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
Further reading
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch partij, from Middle Dutch partie, from Old French partie.
Dutch
Pronunciation
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paʁ.ti/
Audio (CAN) (file)
Usage notes
party has two genders in French: In Canada, it is a masculine noun, and in France it is a feminine noun.
Derived terms
- garden-party
- party hot-dog
- suicide-party
Further reading
- “party” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpar.ti/
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
party n (definite singular partyet, indefinite plural party or partyer, definite plural partya or partyene)
- a party (social event)
Synonyms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
party n (definite singular partyet, indefinite plural party, definite plural partya)
- a party (social event)
Synonyms
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpar.tɨ/
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Declension
Portuguese
Swedish
Pronunciation
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