Meaning

4 senses

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

    We partied until the early hours.

    have or participate in a party

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

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

  4. (Internet, intransitive)To form a party (with).

    If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.

Examples

6817 sentences

  1. All the students attended the party.

    На вечір прийшли всі учні. — Ahha

    ruНа вечеринке присутствовали все ученики. — Hellerick

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  2. I invited them to the party.

    Я запросив його на вечірку. — deniko

    deIch habe sie zur Party eingeladen. — Wolf

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  3. How did you like the party?

    Як тобі сподобалась вечірка? — ascolto

    deWie hat dir die Party gefallen? — Wolf

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  4. Are you coming to the party?

    Ти прийдеш на вечірку? — ascolto

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  5. Come to the party, will you?

    Ти ж прийдеш на свято, еге? — aandrusiak

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Translations

6 languages

Origin

From Middle English party, partye, partie, from Anglo-Norman partie, from Old French parti

From Middle English party, partye, partie, from Anglo-Norman partie, from Old French partie (“side, part; portion, share; separation, division”, literally “that which is divided”), noun use of feminine of past participle of Old French partir (“to divide, separate”), from Latin partire (“to share, part, distribute, divide”), from pars (“a part, piece, a share”); see also part. First attested in c. 1300. Doublet of partita. The sense of communist party of a communist state derives Russian партия (partija), short for Коммунистическая партия (Kommunističeskaja partija). By surface analysis, part + -y (“noun suffix”).

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Forms

parties, partying, partied, partied
Base formparty · to party
3rd person singularparties
Present participlepartying
Past simplepartied
Past participlepartied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyparty
he, she, itparties

Past simpleLesson

all personspartied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave partied
he, she, ithas partied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill party

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Word family

4 related words
Derivedpartierparty downparty hardyparty on

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • at the party
  • to the party
  • birthday party
  • party last night
  • enjoy the party
  • to my party
  • to his party
  • have a party
  • to our party
  • party tonight
  • the party was
  • to your party

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
partnerA1partnershipB2partridgepascalpassA2passable
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