party

Definitions

1. 1verb

   A part or portion.

2. 2verb

   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.

3. 3verb

   A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service.

4. 4verb

   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.

5. 5verb

   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.

6. 6verb

   The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.

7. 7verb

   Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another.

8. 8verb

   Cause; side; interest.

9. 9verb

   A person; as, he is a queer party.

10. 10verb

    Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.

11. 11verb

    Partial; favoring one party.

12. 12adverb

    Partly.

13. 13noun

    an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment

    "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day"

14. 14noun

    a group of people gathered together for pleasure

    "she joined the party after dinner"

15. 15noun

    an organization to gain political power

    "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"

16. 16noun

    a band of people associated temporarily in some activity

    "they organized a party to search for food"

    "the company of cooks walked into the kitchen"

    Synonyms

    company
17. 17noun

    a person involved in legal proceedings

    "the party of the first part"

18. 18verb

    have or participate in a party

    "The students were partying all night before the exam"