participate
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
v.
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. To engage in a contest
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.
Nowadays a sales conference resembles a Passion play: everybody is invited to participate and marvel at the drama.
We participate in a tragedy; at a comedy we only look.
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