party

UK /ˈpɑː.ti/ US /ˈpɑɹ.ti/

noun 5verb 4adj 3adv 1

Collocations

(noun.) political group

ADJ

political | centre, left-wing, right-wing | centrist, fascist, populist, progressive, radical, reactionary, revolutionary, social democratic, socialist | Communist, Conservative, Democratic, Labour, Liberal, Republican, etc. | opposition

parliamentary

The parliamentary party held a meeting to discuss their strategy for the upcoming election.

main

The main party at the wedding started after dinner was finished.

majority, minority

The minority party struggled to influence the new legislation in Congress.

governing, ruling

VERB + PARTY

establish, form, found, set up

dissolve, wind up

The government decided to wind up the political party after losing the election.

split

Disagreements over the new policy threatened to split the party before the election.

be/become the leader of, lead | be/become a member of, belong to, join

be affiliated to, have links with

Several members of the government were affiliated to the Green Party before entering politics.

leave, resign from

He resigned from the party after disagreeing with their new policies.

expel sb from | vote for

elect, put in/into power, return to power

After winning the election, the Green Party was finally put into power for the first time.

PARTY + VERB

come to power, gain power, win (sth)

lose (sth), lose power

The ruling party lost power after the election results were announced yesterday.

contest sth

The two main parties contested the mayoral election with competing visions for the city.

PARTY + NOUN

conference, congress | activist, member, faithful | chairman, leader, leadership

line

The new members agreed to support the party line on environmental policies.

politics

PHRASES

the left/right wing of the party

(noun.) social occasion

ADJ

VERB + PARTY

give, have, hold, organize, throw

Sarah decided to organize a birthday party for her daughter at the local community center.

invite sb to | attend, go to | gatecrash | leave

PARTY + VERB

go on

The music was so loud from the party going on upstairs that we couldn't sleep.

be in full swing

break up

The birthday party broke up early because several guests had to catch their trains.

PARTY + NOUN

guest | pooper (also party-pooper; sb who does not want to join in the fun at a party)

PREP

at a/the ~

She met her best friend at a party last summer.

~ for

My parents threw a wonderful party for their wedding anniversary last weekend.

(noun.) group of people working/doing sth together

ADJ

boarding, coach, landing, raiding, reading, rescue, search, stretcher, working

The search party spent all morning looking for the missing hiker in the forest.

PREP

~ of

A party of tourists walked slowly through the museum looking at the paintings.

(noun.) person in a legal case

ADJ

guilty, innocent | aggrieved, injured

interested

Both the landlord and the interested parties need to sign the rental agreement.

third

We need a third party to settle the disagreement between the two neighbors.

VERB + PARTY

notify

be binding on/upon, bind

The contract was binding on all parties involved in the business deal.

Definitions

noun

A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.

The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee.

if the Jury had found that the party slain had been of English race and nation, it had been adjudged felony

A person; an individual.

He is a queer party.

`These young parties have a way of looking at one, sir,' he would say apologetically, `which I don't call respectable.'

A person; an individual.

I can't possibly be a party to that kind of reckless behaviour.

A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest, etc., or united in maintaining a cause, policy, or opinion in opposition to others; a faction.

A mile back in the forest the tribe had heard the fierce challenge of the gorilla, and, as was his custom when any danger threatened, Kerchak called his people together, partly for mutual protection against a common enemy, since this gorilla might be but one of a party of several, and also to see that all members of the tribe were accounted for.

A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest, etc., or united in maintaining a cause, policy, or opinion in opposition to others; a faction.

The green party took 12% of the vote.

His party was campaigning successfuly.

verb

To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.

We partied until the early hours.

To take recreational drugs.

“Miss, do you party?” the boy asked. “What?” Jennifer asked back. “Do you smoke? I'll get you some cheap. One American dollar equals forty Jamaican dollars. I'll get you as much of the stuff as you need.”

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

To form a party (with).

If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.

adv

Partly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a band of people associated temporarily in some activity

company

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

party to

Privy to; having knowledge of.

house cooling party

A party to celebrate when a person decides to leave a house or flat, and sometimes to help prepare the space for the incoming residents.

necktie party

An execution by hanging, especially a lynching.

"I expect I'll have an invite to a necktie-party some day. . . . I'm always afraid the wrong necktie will be mine. Were you ever lynched?"

party animal

A person known for frequent, enthusiastic attendance at parties, especially one whose partying behavior is exuberant or excessive.

. . . Tad Allagash, a stripling adman and Manhattan party animal with inexhaustible supplies of Bolivian Marching Powder (coy for cocaine).

life of the party

A person who participates in entertainment events in a very enthusiastic manner and who has a leading role in inspiring others to join in the spirit of festivity.

‘You were the life of the party last night, Ma'am, you know,’ returned Flowers, ‘and you suffer for it, to-day, you see.’

Example Bank

The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee.

Wiktionary

if the Jury had found that the party slain had been of English race and nation, it had been adjudged felony

Wiktionary

He is a queer party.

Wiktionary

We partied until the early hours.

Wiktionary

If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.

Wiktionary

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, party is marked as dated, slang, vulgar, archaic, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

Your note

not saved

0 chars