Meaning of "party" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PARTY

From Old French partie part, faction, from Latin partīre to divide.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PARTY

party  [ˈpɑːtɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARTY

Party is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb party in English.

WHAT DOES PARTY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Party

A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation or as part of a festival. A party will typically feature food and beverages, and often music and dancing or other forms of entertainment. Some parties are held in honor of a specific person, day, or event, such as a birthday party, a Super Bowl party, or a St. Patrick’s Day party. Parties of this kind are often called "celebrations". A party is not necessarily a private occasion. Public parties are sometimes held in restaurants, pubs, beer gardens, nightclubs or bars, and people attending such parties may be charged an admission fee by the host.

Definition of party in the English dictionary

The first definition of party in the dictionary is a social gathering for pleasure, often held as a celebration. Other definition of party is a group of people associated in some activity. Party is also a group of people organized together to further a common political aim, such as the election of its candidates to public office.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PARTY

PRESENT

Present

I party

you party

he/she/it parties

we party

you party

they party

Present continuous

I am partying

you are partying

he/she/it is partying

we are partying

you are partying

they are partying

Present perfect

I have partied

you have partied

he/she/it has partied

we have partied

you have partied

they have partied

Present perfect continuous

I have been partying

you have been partying

he/she/it has been partying

we have been partying

you have been partying

they have been partying

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I partied

you partied

he/she/it partied

we partied

you partied

they partied

Past continuous

I was partying

you were partying

he/she/it was partying

we were partying

you were partying

they were partying

Past perfect

I had partied

you had partied

he/she/it had partied

we had partied

you had partied

they had partied

Past perfect continuous

I had been partying

you had been partying

he/she/it had been partying

we had been partying

you had been partying

they had been partying

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will party

you will party

he/she/it will party

we will party

you will party

they will party

Future continuous

I will be partying

you will be partying

he/she/it will be partying

we will be partying

you will be partying

they will be partying

Future perfect

I will have partied

you will have partied

he/she/it will have partied

we will have partied

you will have partied

they will have partied

Future perfect continuous

I will have been partying

you will have been partying

he/she/it will have been partying

we will have been partying

you will have been partying

they will have been partying

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would party

you would party

he/she/it would party

we would party

you would party

they would party

Conditional continuous

I would be partying

you would be partying

he/she/it would be partying

we would be partying

you would be partying

they would be partying

Conditional perfect

I would have party

you would have party

he/she/it would have party

we would have party

you would have party

they would have party

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been partying

you would have been partying

he/she/it would have been partying

we would have been partying

you would have been partying

they would have been partying

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you party
we let´s party
you party

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to party

Past participle

partied

Present Participle

partying

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PARTY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «party» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of party

afterparty · alliance · association · at-home · band · bash · beano · body · bunch · cabal · camp · celebrate · celebration · clique · coalition · combination · company · confederacy · contractor · coterie · crew · defendant · detachment · do · dream team · faction · festivity · function · gang · gathering · get-together · group · grouping · individual · knees-up · large it · league · litigant · paint the town red · participant · person · plaintiff · push the boat out · rave · rave-up · reception · schism · set · shindig · side · social · social gathering · somebody · someone · squad · team · unit · whoop it up · wrap party

TRANSLATION OF PARTY

Find out the translation of party to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of party from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «party» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 社交会
• Translator English - Spanish: fiesta
• English: party
• Translator English - Hindi: पार्टी
• Translator English - Arabic: حَفْلَةٌ
• Translator English - Russian: вечеринка
• Translator English - Portuguese: festa
• Translator English - Bengali: পার্টি
• Translator English - French: fête
• Translator English - Malay: Parti
• Translator English - German: Party
• Translator English - Japanese: パーティー
• Translator English - Korean: 파티
• Translator English - Javanese: Pesta
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bữa tiệc
• Translator English - Tamil: கட்சி
• Translator English - Marathi: पक्ष
• Translator English - Turkish: Parti
• Translator English - Italian: festa
• Translator English - Polish: przyjęcie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: вечірка
• Translator English - Romanian: petrecere
• Translator English - Greek: πάρτι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: partytjie
• Translator English - Swedish: fest
• Translator English - Norwegian: selskap

10 QUOTES WITH «PARTY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word party.

1

Tony Abbott

The Australian public are very fair and they are always prepared to give the leader of a major political party a fair go.

2

Rashid al-Ghannushi

Al-Nahda is a movement; it is not just a small party.

3

Krista Allen

At a pool party, with everybody around, a guy and I had sex in the pool, but nobody knew it.

4

Mamata Banerjee

Our party, I can tell you, is very transparent; we believe in our credentials. Our credentials are our only credibility; we are not going to compromise on that; we are the commoners.

5

Haley Barbour

Big business has no party and never shall have.

6

Birch Bayh

One of the big challenges for our party is to demonstrate to people that we have an agenda for economic prosperity and that we can be trusted with their money.

7

Jean-Luc Bilodeau

I like to go out if there's a party or go to the movies, but I just like hanging out with my buddies and having a good time.

8

Agnes Bruckner

I'm a fun person, but to be the life of the party all the time, just to walk into a room and be 'on' and have everybody looking at you, that is so incredibly scary for me.

9

Robert Casey

I come to urge my party to be open to debate and discussion; to move away from a lock-step litmus test which advocates abortion on demand in an effort to reach a broader national consensus.

10

Steve Chabot

There's so much mudslinging going on, and people get so turned off by that. It seems like neither party is aware of that. They're too concerned with blasting each other.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARTY»

Discover the use of party in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to party and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night

A wide-ranging, illustrated look at the history of Halloween illuminates the holiday from ancient Celtic ritual to billion-dollar industry. 32 halftones & line illustrations.

Nicholas Rogers, 2003

Party

In Party, Mahesh Elkunchwar takes a Chekhovian look at the members of the creative set in an Indian metropolis, with their pretensions, rivalries, aspirations, and frustrations, even as they are stalked like a guilty conscience by Amrit, ...

Mahesh Elkunchwar, 1989

All-Night Party

Fear Street -- Where Your Worst Nightmares Live.

R.L. Stine, 2012

Parties and Party Systems: A Framework for Analysis

In this broad-ranging volume Sartori outlines a comprehensive and authoritative approach to the classification of party systems.

Giovanni Sartori, 2005

Post-Communist Party Systems: Competition, Representation, ...

The work illustrates developments regarding different voter appeal of parties, patterns of voter representation, and dispositions to join other parties in alliances. Wider groups of countries are also compared.

Herbert Kitschelt, 1999

Multi-party Politics in Kenya: The Kenyatta & Moi States & ...

The two authors of this work analyse the case of post-colonial Kenya under Kenyatta and Moi and show how, in spite of a multi-party system, the ruling elite has kept power and wealth to itself.BR> North America: Ohio U Press; Kenya: EAEP

David Throup, Charles Hornsby, 1998

The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism

Describes the history of the Tea Party movement, from the roots of its development and its conservative backers to its pivotal role in the 2010 midterm elections, and discusses the party's ideologies and future of its political agenda.

Theda Skocpol, Vanessa Williamson, 2012

In Search of the Black Panther Party: New Perspectives on a ...

Wide-ranging in scope, provocative, and deeply insightful, "In Search of the Black Panther Party" is a major contribution to the burgeoning literature on the Black Panthers and the wider Black Power era.

Jama Lazerow, Yohuru Williams, 2006

China S Communist Party: Atrophy and Adaptation

In this timely study, David Shambaugh assesses the strengths and weaknesses, durability, adaptability, and potential longevity of China's Communist Party (CCP).

David L Shambaugh, 2008

Beyond the Two Party System: Political Representation, ...

The book explores the nature of citizenship from a historical perspective, proposing a definition of citizenship for the future.

Ian Marsh, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARTY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term party is used in the context of the following news items.

How the man from Toyota's 'Five Whys' could help the Labour party

Right now, the Labour party seems trapped by the muscle memory of ... in the referendum, and 50% on 7 May, voted for a party offering a left, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Witness appeal after woman says she was raped at Secret Garden …

Police are investigating after a woman has claimed she was raped at the Secret Garden Party festival in Cambridgeshire. Photograph: Dave ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Inside Jennifer Lopez's 46th birthday party: Star cosies up to Casper …

Jaws hit the floor when they saw Jennifer Lopez rock up to her 46th birthday party in a very daring see-through black dress. The superstar, who ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»

Teenager dies 'after taking laughing gas' at party in south-east London

Bulbs for nitrous oxide, also know as 'laughing gas', widely used as a legal high. Photograph: Steve Meddle/REX/Steve Meddle/REX. «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Neighbourhood surprise party for popular postie

Dave Ecker, right, a letter carrier on the Mountain was treated to a surprise party by people on his route as a farewell since the neighourhood ... «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»

Labour Party 'Infiltrators' Claims Dismissed

The Communist Party of Great Britain is reported to have urged supporters to join the party and endorse Mr Corbyn. Play video "Call To Halt ... «Sky News, Jul 15»

Workers' Party will contest in 28 seats in upcoming General Election …

SINGAPORE: The Workers' Party (WP) will contest a total of 28 seats in the next General Election: 5 Group Representation Constituencies and ... «Channel News Asia, Jul 15»

Khloe Kardashian: No Cocaine at Kylie and Kendall's Graduate Party

Khloe Kardashian would like to reassure everyone that there was absolutely no cocaine at Kylie and Kendall Jenner's high school graduation ... «Jezebel, Jul 15»

Young German Greens slam parent party for pro-Iran policy

BERLIN -- A public row over stopping Iran's nuclear program has caused the youth organization of the second largest opposition party in the ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»

Capital's 150th birthday draws thousands of Wellingtonians out to …

Wellington's birthday party as New Zealand's capital for 150 years was set off by the lightshow projected onto the Parliament buildings. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»