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WIKTIONARY
party
Noun
  • A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action. law
  • A person.
    • A person; an individual. slang, dated
    • With to: an accessory, someone who takes part.
  • A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc. now rare in general sense
    • Active player characters organized into a single group. role-playing games, online gaming
    • A group of characters controlled by the player. video games
  • A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.
  • A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose. military
  • A social gathering.
    • A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing.
    • A group of people traveling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity.
    • A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.
  • A part or division. obsolete
Verb
  • To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself. intransitive
  • To take recreational drugs. intransitive, slang, euphemistic
  • To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats. intransitive
  • To form a party (with). online gaming, intransitive
Adjective
  • Divided; in part. obsolete, except in compounds
  • Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries. heraldry
Adverb
  • Partly. obsolete