PARTY
\pˈɑːti], \pˈɑːti], \p_ˈɑː_t_i]\
Definitions of PARTY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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have or participate in a party; "The students were partying all night before the exam"
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an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment; "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day"
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a group of people gathered together for pleasure; "she joined the party after dinner"
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an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"
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a person involved in legal proceedings; "the party of the first part"
By Princeton University
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have or participate in a party; "The students were partying all night before the exam"
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an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment; "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day"
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a group of people gathered together for pleasure; "she joined the party after dinner"
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an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"
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a person involved in legal proceedings; "the party of the first part"
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based upon or representing political parties; "party politics"; "party leaders"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A part or portion.
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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.
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A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service.
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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.
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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.
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The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.
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Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another.
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Cause; side; interest.
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A person; as, he is a queer party.
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Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.
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Partial; favoring one party.
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Partly.
By Oddity Software
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A part or portion.
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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.
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A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service.
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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.
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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.
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The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.
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Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another.
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Cause; side; interest.
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A person; as, he is a queer party.
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Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.
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Partial; favoring one party.
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Partly.
By Noah Webster.
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A person, corporation or other legal entity that files a lawsuit (the plaintiff or petitioner) or defends against one (the defendant or respondent).
By Oddity Software
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A number of persons united for a particular purpose; as, a political party; faction; one concerned in an affair, cause, or side; as, a party to a suit; a small body of troops sent to do some special service; as, a scouting party; a social gathering assembled by invitation; a select company.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A part of a greater number of persons: a faction: a company met for a particular purpose: an assembly: one concerned in any affair: a single individual spoken of: (mil.) a detachment.
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Belonging to a party and not to the whole: consisting of different parties, parts, or things: (her.) parted or divided.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Divided into parts or of different parties.
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A body of persons united for a common purpose, as political ascendency.
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A social company.
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A small detachment, as of soldiers.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A number of persons united in opinion or design; one of two litigants; one concerned in an affair; side; a distinct person; a select company; a detachment of troops.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A number of persons united in opinion or design in opposition to others belonging to the same body or community; a faction; one concerned or interested in an affair; one of two litigants; a particular person-but improperly so applied; a cause or a side; a select company or assembly; a small detachment of troops drawn from the main body.
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That concerns not the whole; in her., used with reference to the division of a field or charge.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [French, Latin] A number of persons united in opinion, and aiming to influence or control the general action; a faction; side; cause;—a company invited; a social assembly; dinner; fete, &c.;—a company set together on some duty;—a small number of troops despatched upon some special service;—one who takes a part with others; a partaker or participator;—one who takes part in a lawsuit as plaintiff or defendant;—a single person as distinct from or opposed to another;—hence, a person; an individual.
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