PARTY

party

(noun) an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment; “he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day”

party

(noun) a group of people gathered together for pleasure; “she joined the party after dinner”

party, political party

(noun) an organization to gain political power; “in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level”

party, company

(noun) a band of people associated temporarily in some activity; “they organized a party to search for food”; “the company of cooks walked into the kitchen”

party

(noun) a person involved in legal proceedings; “the party of the first part”

party

(verb) have or participate in a party; “The students were partying all night before the exam”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

party (plural parties)

(legal) A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.

A person.

(slang, dated) A person; an individual.

With to: an accessory, someone who takes part.

(now, rare in general sense) A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.

(RPG, online gaming) Active player characters organized into a single group.

(video games) A group of characters controlled by the player.

A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.

(military) A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose.

A group of persons collected or gathered together for some particular purpose.

A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing.

A group of people traveling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity.

A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.

(obsolete) A part or division.

Synonyms

• (social gathering): bash, do, rave

• See also party

Hyponyms

• afterparty

• agrarian party

• beach party

• bachelor party

• bachelorette party

• block party

• boarding party

• bucks' party

• charter party

• cocktail party

• coming-out party

• communist party, Communist Party

• concert party

• Conservative party

• costume party

• dinner party

• fatigue party

• garden party

• green party

• hen party

• house party

• Independence Party

• keg party

• LAN party

• landing 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

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.

(intransitive, slang, euphemistic) To take recreational drugs.

(intransitive) To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.

(online gaming, intransitive) To form a party (with).

Etymology 2

Adjective

party (not comparable)

(obsolete, except in compounds) Divided; in part.

(heraldry) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries.

Anagrams

• praty, yrapt

Source: Wiktionary

Par"ty, n.; pl. Parties. Etym: [F. parti and partie, fr. F. partir to part, divide, L. partire, partiri. See Part, v.]

1. A part or portion. [Obs.] "The most party of the time." Chaucer.

2. A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy. Win the noble Brutus to our party. Shak. The peace both parties want is like to last. Dryden.

3. A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service.

4. A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party.

5. One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract.

6. The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant. The cause of both parties shall come before the judges. Ex. xxii. 9.

7. Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another. It the jury found that the party slain was of English race, it had been adjudged felony. Sir J. Davies.

8. Cause; side; interest. Have you nothing said Upon this Party 'gainst the Duke of Albany Shak.

9. A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a vulgarism.]

Note: "For several generations, our ancestors largely employed party for person; but this use of the word, when it appeared to be reviving, happened to strike, more particularly, the fancy of the vulgar; and the consequence has been, that the polite have chosen to leave it in their undisputed possession." Fitzed. Hall. Party jury (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as one which is half natives and half foreigners.

– Party man, a partisan. Swift.

– Party spirit, a factious and unreasonable temper, not uncommonly shown by party men. Whately.

– Party verdict, a joint verdict. Shak.

– Party wall. (a) (Arch.) A wall built upon the dividing line between two adjoining properties, usually having half its thickness on each property. (b) (Law) A wall that separates adjoining houses, as in a block or row.

Par"ty, a. Etym: [F. parti divided, fr. partir to divide. See Part, v., and cf. Partite.]

1. (Her.)

Definition: Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.

2. Partial; favoring one party. I will be true judge, and not party. Chaucer. Charter party. See under Charter.

Par"ty, adv.

Definition: Partly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

PARTY

Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

Adjective

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