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Meaning of 'party' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Party [ adv.]
- Partly.
2 . Party [ v.]
- A part or portion.
- 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.
- A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service.
- 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.
- 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.
- The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.
- Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another.
- Cause; side; interest.
- A person; as, he is a queer party.
- Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.
- Partial; favoring one party.

Meaning of 'party' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . party [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment
Example in sentence:
  • he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day
Meaning (2):
- an organization to gain political power
Example in sentence:
  • in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level
Meaning (3):
- a group of people gathered together for pleasure
Example in sentence:
  • she joined the party after dinner
Meaning (4):
- a band of people associated temporarily in some activity
Example in sentence:
  • the company of cooks walked into the kitchen;
  • they organized a party to search for food
Meaning (5):
- a person involved in legal proceedings
Example in sentence:
  • the party of the first part
6 . party [ v]
Meaning (6):
- have or participate in a party
Example in sentence:
  • The students were partying all night before the exam

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