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participate Definition

par·tici·pate (pär tis′ə pāt′)

intransitive verb -·pat′ed, -·pat′·ing

to have or take a part or share with others (in some activity, enterprise, etc.)

Etymology: < L participatus, pp. of participare < pars, part + capere, to take: see have

transitive verb

Rare to have or take a part or share in

participate Related Forms
par·tic′i·pa′·tion noun or par·tic′i·pance par·tic′i·pa′·tive adjective par·tic′i·pa′·tor noun
participate Synonyms

participate

v.

  1. To take part in

    share, partake, aid, cooperate, join in, come in, associate with, be a party to, bear a hand, have a hand in, concur, take an interest in, take part in, answer the call of duty, enter into, have to do with, get in the act, go into, chip in*; see also associate 1, join 2.

    Antonyms retire*, withdraw, refuse.

  2. To engage in a contest

    play, strive, engage; see compete. See syn. study at share.

participate Usage Examples

Object

  • institution: The aim is to increase the number of participating institutions by either establishing new centers or the expansion of existing centers.
  • laboratory: Testing of industrial products - Aggregates for construction Details of the cross-testing experiments on the PSV test List of participating laboratories.
  • retailer: Meadowhallâs Retailer Promise has been created to ensure that all visitors receive a high level of service from participating retailers.
  • merchant: Visa rewards catalog, check their point balance, and view the full list of participating merchants online through the Yahoo!
  • publisher: Publishers ' Seminar On June 11th ACORN is holding a seminar for participating publishers and other invitees in London.
  • country: It therefore did not take account of the subtleties of variation in the number of participating countries per year.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • along: We could have participated along with Congress Socialists in the mass activities of that struggle.

Preposition: as

  • member: Games can allow young people to participate as members of large, often geographically and culturally distributed groups operating with shared goals and ambitions.

Modifying Another Word

  • actively: Art Interactive is a space where visitors actively participate in the art on view.
  • fully: You will be required to participate fully throughout the course.
  • effectively: In some countries, midwives lack both the regulatory and trade union structures which would enable them to participate effectively in planning.
  • constructively: China, always supportive of the international effort in this regard, participated constructively in the Conference.
  • enthusiastically: Thanks to everyone at FETC who participated so enthusiastically!
  • voluntarily: Crucially, those already receiving an incapacity benefit can participate voluntarily.

Preposition: in

  • discussion: Resolved: to invite Mr Paul Brown to participate in discussions.
  • activity: She sits at the back, isolated, unable to participate in the activities.
  • workshop: In total, around 450 people will participate in 31 workshops.
  • sport: Children should wear proper helmets at all times when they are participating in winter sports.
  • decision-making: The ICT Test Bed managers in each college have attended cluster meetings and participated in decision-making.
  • debate: I gained confidence in presenting ideas orally, learned how meetings work and enjoyed participating in the many debates.
participate Quotes

Nowadays a sales conference resembles a Passion play: everybody is invited to participate and marvel at the drama.

—Scribner, Charles,Jr

We participate in a tragedy; at a comedy we only look.

—Huxley, Aldous Leonard