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party
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[ noun ] (politics) an organization to gain political power
Synonyms Examples "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level" Used in print (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)At_any_rate , the substance of Eichmann 's testimony was that all his actions flowed_from his membership in the party and the SS , and though the Prosecutor did his utmost to prove actual personal hatred of Jews , his success on this score was doubtful and the anti-Semitic lesson weakened to_that_extent . Related terms organization Republican_Party Constitutional_Union_Party Communist_Party Anti-Masonic_Party Federalist_Party Liberal_Party Democratic_Party Democratic-Republican_Party Farmer-Labor_Party Free_Soil_Party Communist_Party Greenback_Party Labour_Party green_party Liberty_Party Militant_Tendency Nazi_Party People's_Party Progressive_Party Prohibition_Party black_panthers Social_Democratic_Party Socialist_Labor_Party Socialist_Party States'_Rights_Democratic_Party Whig_Party third_party Conservative_Party American_Party American_Labor_Party guomindang war_party opposition political_system |
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[ noun ] an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment
Examples "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day" Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)Hughes said that he had understood the party was to be in honour of Jerry_O_'_Connor , the proprieter of a Loop gambling_house . (Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)At a party an English intellectual - so-called - asked me why I write always about distress . I left the party as soon as possible and got_into a taxi . (Frances and Richard Lockridge, Murder Has...)Only those actually with Payne when he was shot , or who had left the party within not more_than five minutes ( make five arbitrary ) positively had none . She had left the party early , pleading a headache . Related terms affair cocktail_party tea_party feast bunfight house_party dance jolly whist_drive ceilidh birthday_party bash |
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[ noun ] a band of people associated temporarily in some activity
Synonyms Examples "they organized a party to search for food" "the company of cooks walked into the kitchen" Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)The ten or more dangerous parties singled_out for prosecution were still at_large , and Pels realized that if these men entrenched themselves in their adobe_houses , defending themselves through loopholes , it would be most difficult to capture them . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)That settled it , and we broke into parties of two and three . (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)And the thing about hurt feelings , the wet bathing_suit pointed_out , is that the person who has them is not quite the innocent party he believes himself to be . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)`` Unless the oyabun has been working_on it '' , he said , then checked himself and added : `` You can tell Kayabashi-san that the back road is in very good_condition and will be quite safe for his party to use '' . (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)On Mars humans were building pressure_domes for the male and female party that would arrive by next ship . |
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[ noun ] a group of people gathered together for pleasure
Examples "she joined the party after dinner" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)The party at Floyd 's penthouse gave the `` chorines '' a chance for a nostalgic frolic through all those hackneyed routines which have become a classic choreographic statement of the era 's nonsense . (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)She enjoyed great parties when she would sit_up talking and dancing and drinking all night , but it always seemed to her that being alone , especially alone in her house , was the realest part of life . (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)And the dogwood in early May , for Miss_Ada 's alfresco party ; and after that the Japanese_cherries . (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)Having received permission to give a camp reunion Halloween party , she asked that I come and be her date . It was at that party that , finally overcoming my timidity , inspired by tales only half understood and overheard among older boys , I asked Jessie to spend New_Year's_Eve with me . |
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[ noun ] (law) a person involved in legal proceedings
Examples "the party of the first part" Used in print (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)He recalled that in Rhode_Island a party opposed to the state 's condemnation of a man ( Thomas_W._Dorr ) proclaimed the state 's action as a violation of the law of the land and the principles of human liberty . |
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[ adjective ] (politics) based upon or representing political parties
Examples "party politics" "party leaders" Related terms |
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