party
party (pärt′ē)
noun pl. -·ties
- a group of people working together to establish or promote particular theories or principles of government which they hold in common; esp., an organized political group which seeks to elect its candidates to office and thus to direct government policies
- any group of persons acting together; specif.,
- a group sent out on a task or mission a surveying party
- a group meeting together socially to accomplish a task a quilting party
- a group assembled for amusement or recreation a fishing party
- a gathering for social entertainment, or the entertainment itself, often of a specific nature a birthday party, cocktail party
- a person who participates or is concerned in an action, proceeding, plan, etc.: often with to to be a party to a conspiracy
- either of the persons or sides concerned in a legal matter
- Informal a person the party who telephoned
Etymology: ME partie < OFr < partir, to divide < L partiri < pars, part
adjective
- of or having to do with a political party a party leader
- for a social gathering party clothes
intransitive verb -·tied, -·ty·ing
- ☆ to attend or hold social parties
- Informal to take part in social activity, as at a party, in an unrestrained, often boisterous manner, usually while drinking alcoholic beverages, taking drugs, etc.
party
n.
A social affair
at-home, tea, luncheon, dinner party, dinner, cocktail hour, surprise party, house party, social, bee, reception, banquet, feast, affair, gathering, soirée, function, gala, fete, ball, recreation, fun, jollification, cheer, beguilement, accommodation, amusement, entertainment, festive occasion, carousal, diversion, performance, high tea, kaffee-klatsch, binge*, spree*, toot*, riot*, splurge*, tear*, shindig*, blowout*, bash*. A group of people
A political organization
organized group, body, electorate, combine, combination, bloc, ring, junta, partisans, cabal; see also faction 1.Well-known political parties include --- historical: Guelph, Ghibelline, Jacobin, Girondist, Yorkist, Lancastrian, Puritan, Roundhead, Politique, Tory, Whig, Know-Nothing, Grangers, Greenback, People's, Mugwump, Prohibition, Bull Moose, Farmer-Labor, Progressive, Populist; twentieth-century: Republican, GOP*, Democratic, Libertarian, Liberal, Conservative, Labour, Popular Front, National Socialist, Nazi, Fascist, Falangist, Congress Party, Kuomintang, Comintern, Third International, Socialist, Communist, Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, Independent, Peace and Freedom, Black Panther, American Independent, Townsendite, Epic.
An individual or group involved in legal proceedings
litigant, participant, contractor, agent, plotter, confederate, cojuror, compurgator; see also defendant.Types of parties, sense 4, include: plaintiff, complainant, defendant, purchaser, buyer, seller, lessor, lessee, employer, employee, licenser, licensee.
*A specified but unnamed individual
party of the first part, party of the second part, etc.; someone, individual; see person 1, somebody.
n
aggrieved party
indispensible party
necessary party
nominal party
party to be charged
party wall
prevailing party
proper party
real party in interest
third party
Converse of object
- involve: For example, ACAS mediation may involve the third party neutral issuing a written recommendation.
- throw: If you throw a poor bachelor party, you might as well throw away your friendship.
- join: They had felt a bit left out of things so had come along to join the party.
- notify: Liner bills of lading were duly issued for the consignments, naming the claimants as the shippers and Gold Crown as the notify party.
Adjective modifier
- third: We will not pass on your details to any third party without your prior consent.
- interested: I would be happy in talking to any interested parties.
- political: Hmm... what do you need to do to start up a political party?
- Conservative: I therefore suspect that, under him, the Conservative party would be utterly isolated on those matters.
- communist: The European Communist Parties were mass organizations, but nevertheless minorities.
- 3rd: We do not now nor do we presently intend to sell, rent, market Personal Data to 3rd parties.
Modifies a noun
- politics: They are more often than not turned off by party politics or even politics generally.
- leader: Many thanks Dave for your support, on behalf of all the working party leaders.
- websites: FMS 6.76 Guidance Please note that Findel Education is not responsible for content on third party websites.
- atmosphere: Evan puts the " party atmosphere " down to all the bands knowing each other.
Noun used with modifier
- birthday: Later she is invited to the birthday party of a wealthy spoilt child, Paula Brown.
- dinner: Great for families or adult groups wanting generous space for a dinner party.
- opposition: The stance of an opposition party should not depend on the prominence its leader is given on the national stage.
- hen: The fair will have a vast array of different trades including bridalwear, menswear through to photographers, florists and even hen party planning!
- cocktail: On the first Sunday of Term there will be a welcome cocktail party for all new graduates in College.
- ruling: Ruling parties should not dominate the scrutiny of their own executive.
Morality is nothing other than the advantage of the stronger party.
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
To err is human; to blame it on the other party is politics.
On every formal visit a child ought to be of the party, by way of provisions for discourse.
Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less of an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children's party taken over by the elders.
While I cannot take time off to name all the men in the State Department whohavebeennamedasmembers of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring, I have here in my hand a list of 205 that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party, and who nevertheless are still working and shaping the policy of the State Department.
The Conservatives, as being by the law of theirexistence the stupidest party.
The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best.
A constant effort to keep a party together, without sacrificing either principle or the essentials of basic strategy, is the very stuff of political leadership. Macmillan was canonized for it.
Poetryisnotanexpressionofthepartyline.It'sthattimeof night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.
A great partyought nottobe brought down because of a squalid affair between a woman of easy virtue and a proved liar.
Heard there was a party.Came.
Oh, the holiness of always being the injured party. The historically oppressed can find not only sanctity but safety in the state of victimization.When access to a better life has been denied often enough, and successfully enough, one can use the rejection as an excuse to cease all efforts.
If I'dseenmeataparty,I'dneverhavegoneupandmet me.
Labour is the Party of law and order in Britain todayötough on crime and tough on the causes of crime.
Harold Macmillan held his party together by not allowing his left wing to see what his right wing was doing.
After three general election victories, leading the only party with clear policies, resolutely carried out, I intend to continue.
Faction is to party what the superlative is to the positive. Party is a political evil, and faction is the worst of all parties.
Party is organized opinion.
A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessaryelements of a healthystate of political life.
The party must protect itself against the activities of small groups of inflexible political persuasionhaving in common only their arrogant dogmatism I have no wish to lead a party of political zombies.
Party on, dude!
Party platforms are contracts with the people.
'Who controls the past,'ran the Party slogan,'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.'
Some of us will fight and fight again to save the party we love.We will fight and fight againtobring back sanityand honestyand dignity, so that our party, with its great past, may retain its glory and its greatness.
If men could learn from history, what lessons it might teach us! But passion and party blind our eyes, and the light which experience gives is a lantern on the stern, which shines only on the waves behind us!
Honour is not the exclusive property of any political party.
When a man reaches old age, he will die and the same is true of a party.
He serves his party best who serves his country best.
The party's over, it's time to call it a day.
The sooner every party breaks up the better.
The Holy Spirit is the invisible third party who stands between me and the other, making us mutually aware.
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