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noun

ˈpär-tē How to pronounce party (audio)
Definition of partynext
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as in event
a social gathering we're all invited to the big party to celebrate the end of the year

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as in faction
a group of people acting together within a larger group a small party got together to protest the new chairman's decision

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as in team
a group of people working together on a task a search party

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as in group
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit for parties of more than six people the restaurant automatically adds a 15% service charge to the bill

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as in participant
one who takes part in something a party to the agreement

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as in person
a member of the human race my grandfather's a determined old party, so don't underestimate him

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party

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verb

as in to revel

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Recent Examples of party
Noun
The parties could also come to a plea agreement to avoid a second trial. — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026 In Jäger’s view, the spread of club culture in the eighties and nineties reflected the retreat of mass public institutions like political parties, churches, and unions. — Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
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Democratic socialists are winning nominations in deep-blue House districts while more moderate Democrats are giving hopes to party leaders that Senate races in North Carolina, Ohio, Iowa, and even Texas might carry opportunities. — Philip Elliott, Time, 7 July 2026 Nobody opens their arms to welcome strangers the way Denver soccer fans do, and the Scots aren’t the only ones who know how to party. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for party
Recent Examples of Synonyms for party
  1. event
  2. faction
  3. team
  4. group
  5. participant
  6. person
  7. revel
  8. bash
Noun
  • August's payrolls report, out Friday, will be the main event for economic data.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • At one of the first promotional events, Bullock briefly chatted about her time on the Miss Congeniality franchise.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of event
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  • In the last decade and a half, a carrousel of feuding political factions took turns governing, all inadequately.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Even though the trade was out of Skubal’s control, a faction of the Tigers fan base — including this reporter’s rideshare driver from the airport — was upset Skubal never reached an agreement for a contract extension with Detroit (62-72).
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of faction
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  • To get to bowl eligibility, Belichick’s team was going to need to pull at least one upset.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Conner joined the team on Monday and Bennett on Wednesday, in large part because injuries had left Miami short-handed at tight end and running back.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of team
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  • The actors first appeared together in 2001 movie Ocean’s 11, in which Clooney’s Danny oversees a group of thieves during an ambitious heist.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The ten farmers in the group are experiencing an alternative to industrial farming that focuses on the health of the farmer, the farm, the animal, and the consumer.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of group
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  • Those were just some of the ways participants at Sunday’s Malört world record attempt described Chicago’s hometown liqueur.
    — Eva Remijan-Toba, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Its core commitments are voluntary and informed participation, minimization of harm to participants, confidentiality and prior approval by an institutional review board that weighs risk against scientific value.
    — Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of participant
Noun
  • Its movements and squeaks change in response to the person interacting with it, giving caregivers another way to reduce distress and encourage engagement.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Dramatic video showed the rescue of one such person as authorities from Nepal worked to drag the man out of the mud deluge.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of person
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  • Right in the middle of cheering, reveling masses was MARTA — a connective system of veins that efficiently moved the happy throngs.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Mary Murphy, a young reporter from Queens, had been at Shea that night, reveling with her sisters in the upper loge section along the first-base line.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Definition of revel
Noun
  • Seasonal menu items listed on its website include an upside down peach cobbler latte, matcha-mallow latte with strawberry cold foam, birthday bash frappe and a sriracha club sandwich.
    — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Both young men were out with friends at the holiday bash and, prosecutors said, did not know the teen who took their lives.
    — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
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“Party.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/party. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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