party

1. 1

   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.
2. 2

   A person; an individual.datedhumorousslang

   • He is a queer party.
3. 3

   A person; an individual.; With to: someone who takes part in an action or affair; an accessory.datedhumorousslang

   • I can't possibly be (a) party to that kind of reckless behaviour.
4. 4

   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.archaicbroadly

   • 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 gorill
5. 5

   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 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.archaicbroadly

   • The green party took 12% of the vote.
   • His party was campaigning successfuly.
6. 6

   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 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.archaicbroadly

7. 7

   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 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.archaicbroadlydated

8. 8

   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.; Active player characters organized into a single group.Internetarchaicbroadly

9. 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.; A group of characters controlled by the player.archaicbroadly

10. 10

    A detachment of troops selected for a particular service or duty.

    • boarding party
    • The settlers were attacked early next morning by a scouting party.

syn. blowout · gala · get-together · knees-up · partay · party · shindig · shivoo

1. 1

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

   • We partied until the early hours.
2. 2

   To take recreational drugs.euphemisticintransitiveslang

   • “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.”
3. 3

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

4. 4

   To form a party (with).Internetintransitive

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

1. 1

   Partly.obsolete

1. 1

   Divided; in part.; Divided into parts of different tinctures, usually equal, and especially following the lines of one of the ordinaries.not-comparableobsolete

   • an escutcheon party per pale
2. 2

   Divided; in part.; Shared by two properties and serving to divide them.not-comparableobsoleterare

   • Now converging, now diverging, these fences presented a striking irregularity of contour. No fence was party, nor any part of any fence.
3. 3

   Favoring one party; partisan.not-comparable