American English pronunciation
How to pronounce parties
IPA transcription: ['pɑɹtiz]
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Noun
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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 group of people gathered together for pleasure
“she joined the party after dinner”
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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”
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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 person involved in legal proceedings
“the party of the first part”
Verb
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have or participate in a party
“The students were partying all night before the exam”
Usage examples
- He switched parties in the wake of President Pierce's signing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
- Both these new parties failed to win seats.
- The decision is unappealable and access to the files for the injured parties now seemed to be possible without restriction.
- Grunitzky attempted to unify the country by including several political parties in his government.
- These meeting rooms can accommodate parties from ten to several hundred people.
- There were no longer two parties in the senate—there were three.
- Parties of characters can be created by "tracking" a leader.
- Datapoint's board rejected the offer but began inviting takeover proposals from other interested parties.
- Both Scout associations were run by rival political parties.
- By that time, the two parties had resumed competing against each other.