Meaning of party | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.
2. party (social gathering)
3. feast
4. To celebrate or carouse at a party or similar gathering: That night we partied until dawn.
5. A person; an individual.
   dated, humorous, slang, vulgar
6. feast day
7. A social gathering especially for pleasure or amusement: a birthday party.
8. With to: someone who takes part in an action or affair; an accessory.
   dated, humorous, slang, vulgar
9. 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.
   archaic, broadly
10. holiday
11. A group of people who have gathered to participate in an activity: a search party.
12. A political group considered as a formal whole, usually organized on a national basis, which contests elections and aims to form or take part in a government; a political party.
    archaic, broadly
13. An established political group organized to promote and support its principles and candidates for public office.
14. The Communist Party, especially as the sole political party of a communist state.
    archaic, broadly
15. A person or group involved in an enterprise; a participant or accessory: I refuse to be a party to your silly scheme.
16. The feeling of solidarity with and support for one's political party; partisanship, especially in political matters.
    archaic, broadly, dated
17. A subscriber to a telephone party line.
18. Active player characters organized into a single group.
    Internet, archaic, broadly
19. A person: "And though Grainger was a spry old party, such steps couldn't be his" (Anthony Hyde).
20. A group of characters controlled by the player.
    archaic, broadly
21. Of, relating to, or participating in an established political organization: party members; party politics.
22. A detachment of troops selected for a particular service or duty.
23. Suitable for use at a social gathering: party dresses; a party hat.
24. A group of people gathered together, especially temporarily, for a specific purpose such as travel or sport.
25. Characteristic of a pleasurable social gathering: a party atmosphere.
26. A social gathering, usually of invited guests, which typically involves eating, drinking, and entertainment and often held to celebrate a particular occasion.
27. A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.
28. A small group of birds or mammals.
29. A part or portion.
    obsolete
30. A prospective partner or an offer of marriage.
    obsolete
31. A decision, resolution, agreement.
    obsolete

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Examples

“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”

“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.'”

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

“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.”

“The green party took 12% of the vote.”

“His party was campaigning successfuly.”

“"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day.[…]A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless." ¶ "Of what party is he?" she inquired, as though casually.”

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

“In the freer political atmosphere before the 1989 repression, peasant protests against the Party in Henan were sometimes openly discussed. A transcript of a meeting between peasants and cadres in Jili district near Luoyang published in the Peasants’ Daily recorded some vivid complaints.”

“The RNC entered June with about $72.4 million in cash reserves, nearly five times the $15 million stockpiled by the DNC, as the two parties gear up for gubernatorial races this fall and next year’s costly midterm elections for Congress. […] The party’s cash crunch is serious enough that party officials have weighed seeking a line of credit to help it stay afloat, a development first reported by The New York Times.”

“boarding party”

“The settlers were attacked early next morning by a scouting party.”

“We're expecting a large party from the London office.”

“Do you have a table available for a party of four?”

“We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner.”

“[…] the whole party were still standing and talking together very agreeably, when the sound of horses drew their notice, and Darcy and Bingley were seen riding down the street.”

“When the line was being surveyed in 1880, the survey party, proceeding along the course of Stock Creek, reached a natural amphitheatre with a rock wall 200 ft. high, in the face of which there was an arched tunnel entrance, [...] into which the stream passed.”

“I'm throwing a huge party for my 21st birthday.”

“So-So, tonight, tonight, let’s look at where that time actually goes, and let’s begin with the most obvious form of fundraising: fundraisers. These are usually shitty parties in D.C. bars, restaurants, or townhouses, and there are a lot of them! The Sunlight Foundation estimates that, in the last election cycle, members of Congress held over 28 hundred fundraisers! Washington is like Rod Stewart’s haircut: party in the front, party in the back, frankly too much party and no business anywhere to be found!”

“You know I’d leave any party for you / 'Cause no party’s so sweet as a party of two”

“Tupperware party”

“lingerie party”

“Small parties of cattle were seen browsing in places where they must with with difficulty have kept their footing[.]”

“A party of mynas, consisting of several males and females, once selected the top of a low terraced roof, just below my verandah, as a site for courting and quarrelling.”

“Small parties and flocks close to breeding sites commonly give shrill, high-pitched, trilling screams.”

“And so the moost party of the castel that was falle doune thorugh that dolorous stroke laye vpon Pellam and balyn thre dayes.”

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