parties

noun

(law) A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.

With to: someone who takes part in an action or affair; an accessory.

(politics) 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.

(with the and capital initial) The Communist Party, especially as the sole political party of a communist state.

(roleplaying games, online gaming) Active player characters organized into a single group.

(video games) A group of characters controlled by the player.

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

A group of people gathered together, especially temporarily, for a specific purpose such as travel or sport.

A social gathering, usually of invited guests, which typically involves eating, drinking, and entertainment and often held to celebrate a particular occasion.

A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.

A small group of birds or mammals.

(dated, slang, vulgar or humorous) A person; an individual.

(now rare in general sense) 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.

(dated, now rare) The feeling of solidarity with and support for one's political party; partisanship, especially in political matters.

(obsolete) A part or portion.

(obsolete) A prospective partner or an offer of marriage.

(obsolete) A decision, resolution, agreement.

verb

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

(intransitive, slang, euphemistic) To take recreational drugs.

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

(online gaming, intransitive) To form a party (with).

adjective

(heraldry) Divided into parts of different tinctures, usually equal, and especially following the lines of one of the ordinaries.

Favoring one party; partisan.

(obsolete, except in compounds) Divided; in part.

(of a fence or wall, rare) Shared by two properties and serving to divide them.

adverb

(obsolete) Partly.

Roots

partiripart- · Latin · to divide, share out

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