American English pronunciation

How to pronounce parties

IPA transcription: ['pɑɹtiz]

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Noun

  • an organization to gain political power

    “in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level”

  • a group of people gathered together for pleasure

    “she joined the party after dinner”

  • 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”

  • an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment

    “he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day”

  • a person involved in legal proceedings

    “the party of the first part”

Verb

  • 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.