(parties, ~ing, partied)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a political organization whose members have similar aims and beliefs. Usually the organization tries to get its members elected to the government of a country.
...a member of the Labour ~.
...India’s ruling ~.
...opposition parties.
...her resignation as ~ leader.
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2.
A ~ is a social event, often in someone’s home, at which people enjoy themselves doing things such as eating, drinking, dancing, talking, or playing games.
The couple met at a ~...
We threw a huge birthday ~...
Most teenagers like to go to parties.
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see also dinner ~ , garden ~ , hen ~ , stag ~
3.
If you ~, you enjoy yourself doing things such as going out to parties, drinking, dancing, and talking to people.
They come to eat and drink, to swim, to ~. Sometimes they never go to bed...
VERB: V
4.
A ~ of people is a group of people who are doing something together, for example travelling together.
They became separated from their ~.
...a ~ of sightseers.
N-COUNT: usu with supp
see also search ~ , working ~
5.
One of the people involved in a legal agreement or dispute can be referred to as a particular ~. (LEGAL)
It has to be proved that they are the guilty ~.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
see also third ~
6.
Someone who is a ~ to or is ~ to an action or agreement is involved in it, and therefore partly responsible for it.
Crook had resigned his post rather than be ~ to such treachery.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n