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}); } </script> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> var pageDictCode = "english"; var authorized = false; </script> <div id="entryContent" class="oald"><div class="entry" sum="2475" htag="section" hclass="entry" sk="party: :0" id="party_1" hlength="5" idm_id="000043667"><div class="top-container"><div class="top-g" id="party_topg_2"><div class="webtop"><h1 class="headword" id="party_h_1" hclass="headword" random="y" ox3000="y" htag="h1">party</h1> <span class="pos" htag="span" hclass="pos">noun</span><div class="symbols" htag="div" hclass="symbols"><a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlists/oxford3000-5000?dataset=english&list=ox3000&level=a1"><span class="ox3ksym_a1"> </span></a></div><span class="phonetics"> <div class="phons_br" wd="party" htag="div" geo="br" hclass="phons_br"><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron/p/par/party/party__gb_2.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/p/par/party/party__gb_2.ogg" title="party pronunciation
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 American" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div><span class="phon">/ˈpɑːrti/</span></div></span><div class="inflections" id="party_ifgs_1" hclass="inflections" htag="div">(plural <span class="inflected_form" hclass="inflected_form" htag="span">parties</span>)</div><span class="jumplinks"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/party_1#party_idmgs_1" title="Idioms definition"><span class="jumplink" name="Idioms" href="party_idmgs_1">Idioms</span></a> </span></div><a class="responsive_display_inline_on_smartphone link-right" href="#relatedentries"> jump to other results </a></div></div><ol class="senses_multiple" htag="ol"><li class="sense" htag="li" sensenum="1" ox3000="y" hclass="sense" cefr="a1" id="party_sng_2"><span class="sensetop" htag="span" hclass="sensetop"><div class="symbols" htag="div" hclass="symbols"><a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlists/oxford3000-5000?dataset=english&list=ox3000&level=a1"><span class="ox3ksym_a1"> </span></a></div></span> <span class="grammar" hclass="grammar" htag="span">[countable]</span> <span class="use"><span class="wrap">(</span>especially in compounds<span class="wrap">)</span></span> <span class="def" hclass="def" htag="span">a social occasion, often in a person’s home, at which people eat, drink, talk, dance and enjoy themselves</span><ul class="examples" hclass="examples" htag="ul"><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">a <span class="cl">dinner/tea/cocktail party</span></span></li><li class="" htag="li"> <span class="cf" hclass="cf" htag="span">at a party</span> <span class="x">I was at a <span class="cl">birthday party</span> for my friend's five-year-old daughter.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">to <span class="cl">have/throw/give a party</span></span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">to <span class="cl">hold/host a party</span></span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">Did you <span class="cl">go to the party</span>?</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">party games</span></li></ul><div class="collapse" hclass="collapse" htag="div"><span class="unbox" unbox="wordfinder" id="party2_unbox_1"><span class="box_title">Wordfinder</span><span class="body"><ul class="bullet"><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/anniversary" title="anniversary definition"><span class="xref">anniversary</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/birthday" title="birthday definition"><span class="xref">birthday</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/celebrate#celebrate_sng_1" title="celebrate definition"><span class="xref">celebrate</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/commemorate" title="commemorate definition"><span class="xref">commemorate</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/festivity" title="festivity definition"><span class="xref">festivity</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/jubilee" title="jubilee definition"><span class="xref">jubilee</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/occasion_1#occasion_sng_2" title="occasion definition"><span class="xref">occasion</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/parade_1#parade_sng_1" title="parade definition"><span class="xref">parade</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/party_1#party_sng_2" title="party definition"><span class="xref">party</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/reception#reception_sng_2" title="reception definition"><span class="xref">reception</span></a></li></ul></span></span></div> <span class="xrefs" hclass="xrefs" xt="see" htag="span"><span class="prefix">see also</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/after-party" title="after-party definition"><span class="xr-g" href="afterparty_e" bord="n" dict="all"><span class="xh">after-party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bachelor-party" title="bachelor party definition"><span class="xr-g" dict="all" bord="n" href="bachelorparty_e"><span class="xh">bachelor party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bachelorette-party" title="bachelorette party definition"><span class="xr-g" dict="all" bord="n" href="bacheloretteparty_e"><span class="xh">bachelorette party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/block-party" title="block party definition"><span class="xr-g" dict="all" bord="n" href="blockparty_e"><span class="xh">block party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bottle-party" title="bottle party definition"><span class="xr-g" dict="all" href="bottleparty_e" bord="n"><span class="xh">bottle party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cocktail-party" title="cocktail party definition"><span class="xr-g" href="cocktailparty_e" bord="n" dict="all"><span class="xh">cocktail party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/costume-party" title="costume party definition"><span class="xr-g" bord="n" href="costumeparty_e" dict="all"><span class="xh">costume party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/dinner-party" title="dinner party definition"><span class="xr-g" href="dinnerparty_e" bord="y" dict="all"><span class="xh">dinner party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/garden-party" title="garden party definition"><span class="xr-g" dict="all" bord="n" href="gardenparty_e"><span class="xh">garden party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hen-party" title="hen party definition"><span class="xr-g" dict="all" bord="n" href="henparty_e"><span class="xh">hen party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/house-party" title="house party definition"><span class="xr-g" dict="all" bord="y" href="houseparty_e"><span class="xh">house party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/kitty-party" title="kitty party definition"><span class="xr-g" href="kittyparty_e" bord="n" dict="all"><span class="xh">kitty party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/office-party" title="office party definition"><span class="xr-g" dict="all" bord="n" href="officeparty_ge"><span class="xh">office party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/slumber-party" title="slumber party definition"><span class="xr-g" href="slumberparty_e" bord="n" dict="all"><span class="xh">slumber party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/stag-night#stagnight_sng_2" title="stag party definition"><span class="xr-g" href="stagnight_sng_2"><span class="xh">stag party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/street-party" title="street party definition"><span class="xr-g" dict="all" bord="n" href="streetparty_e"><span class="xh">street party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/tailgate-party" title="tailgate party definition"><span class="xr-g" bord="n" href="tailgateparty_e" dict="all"><span class="xh">tailgate party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/tea-party" title="tea party definition"><span class="xr-g" dict="all" href="teaparty_e" bord="n"><span class="xh">tea party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/wedding-party" title="wedding party definition"><span class="xr-g" bord="n" href="weddingparty_e" dict="all"><span class="xh">wedding party</span></span></a></span><div class="collapse" hclass="collapse" htag="div"><span class="unbox" unbox="extra_examples" id="party2_unbox_2"><span class="box_title">Extra Examples</span><ul class="examples" hclass="examples" htag="ul"><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">By now the party was in full swing.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">The main task faced by the host at a party is making people comfortable. </span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">I was at a party in London that night.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">It's a good snack for serving at parties.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">They were invited to an elegant garden party.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">We had a small party to celebrate.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">She attended a wedding anniversary party for her mother- and father-in-law.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">They host a Christmas party every year for all the neighbours.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">They went to a New Year's Eve party held at Planet Hollywood in New York City. </span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">We occasionally hold informal parties.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">She's planning a surprise party for her boyfriend.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">He loves throwing lavish parties.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">I'm organizing an engagement party for my sister.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">He gave a dinner party for some old friends.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">On moving in they threw a huge house-warming party.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">She turned up at her fiancé's bachelor party.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">The girls were having a slumber party.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">They attended the launch party for the new film.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">We had a farewell party for Michelle when she left the company.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">Are you going to Tom's leaving party?</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">They met at a friend's wedding party.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">She danced on the table at her own retirement party.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">She is a hard-drinking, non-stop party girl.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">There was a real party atmosphere on the last day of term.</span></li></ul></span></div><span class="topic-g"><span class="prefix">Topics </span><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/family-and-relationships?level=a1" title="Topic family-and-relationships"><span class="topic" href="l2:people:family_and_relationships?cefr=a1"><span class="topic_name">Family and relationships</span><span class="topic_cefr">a1</span></span></a></span><div class="collapse" htag="div" hclass="collapse"><span class="unbox" unbox="snippet" id="party2_unbox_3"><span class="box_title">Oxford Collocations Dictionary</span><span class="body"><span class="unbox">adjective</span><ul class="collocs_list"><li class="li">surprise</li><li class="li">impromptu</li><li class="li">lavish</li><li class="li">…</li></ul><span class="unbox">verb + party</span><ul class="collocs_list"><li class="li">give</li><li class="li">have</li><li class="li">hold</li><li class="li">…</li></ul><span class="unbox">party + verb</span><ul class="collocs_list"><li class="li">go on</li><li class="li">be in full swing</li><li class="li">break up</li><li class="li">…</li></ul><span class="unbox">party + noun</span><ul class="collocs_list"><li class="li">guest</li><li class="li">girl</li></ul><span class="unbox">preposition</span><ul class="collocs_list"><li class="li">at a/the party</li><li class="li">party for</li></ul><span class="xref_to_full_entry">See <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/collocations/party" title=" definition in Collocations ">full entry</a></span></span></span></div> <div id="ring-links-box"> <div> <p><strong>Take your English to the next level</strong></p> <p>The <strong><i>Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus</i></strong> explains the difference between groups of similar words. Try it for free as part of the <i>Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary</i> app</p> <div class="ring-links-buttons"> <a class="android-app" target="_blank" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oup.elt.oald10_gp&referrer=utm_source%3Dold-site%26utm_medium%3Dcontent-link%26utm_campaign%3Dold-content-links%26anid%3Dadmob"> <img class="" border="1" src="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/external/images/appads/google-play-badge.png?version=2.3.64" title="" alt=""> </a> <a class="apple-app" target="_blank" href="https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1469549281?pt=520177&ct=OLD_content_link_2021&mt=8"> <img class="" border="1" src="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/external/images/appads/App_Store.svg?version=2.3.64" title="" alt=""> </a> </div> </div> </div> </li><li class="sense" ox3000="y" hclass="sense" cefr="b1" id="party_sng_1" htag="li" sensenum="2"><span class="sensetop" hclass="sensetop" htag="span"><div class="symbols" hclass="symbols" htag="div"><a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlists/oxford3000-5000?dataset=english&list=ox3000&level=b1"><span class="ox3ksym_b1"> </span></a></div></span> <div class="variants" hclass="variants" htag="div" type="vs">(also <span class="v-g"><span class="v">Party</span></span>)</div> <span class="grammar" hclass="grammar" htag="span">[countable + singular or plural verb]</span> <span class="def" htag="span" hclass="def">a political organization that you can vote for in elections and whose members have the same aims and ideas</span><ul class="examples" htag="ul" hclass="examples"><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">Do you belong to a <span class="cl">political party</span>?</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">the <span class="cl">ruling/opposition party</span></span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">the Democratic/Republican/Conservative/Labour Party </span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">The party is/are completely united on this issue.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">the <span class="cl">party leader/conference</span></span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">a <span class="cl">party member/activist/official</span></span></li></ul> <span class="xrefs" hclass="xrefs" htag="span" xt="see"><span class="prefix">see also</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/all-party" title="all-party definition"><span class="xr-g" dict="all" href="allparty_e" bord="n"><span class="xh">all-party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/one-party" title="one-party definition"><span class="xr-g" dict="all" bord="n" href="oneparty_e"><span class="xh">one-party</span></span></a></span><div class="collapse" hclass="collapse" htag="div"><span class="unbox" id="party2_unbox_4" unbox="extra_examples"><span class="box_title">Extra Examples</span><ul class="examples" hclass="examples" htag="ul"><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">Three of Australia's four main political parties supported the change.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">It is unlikely that either of the two main parties will get enough votes to govern alone.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">From 1991 new political parties emerged to challenge the governing party.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">He's a successful politician unaffiliated with either major party.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">He has been criticized from within his own party.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">How is that going to go down with the right wing of the party?</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">a coalition of centrist and left-wing parties</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">The incumbent party has won seven out of the last nine elections.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">The party fears losing its majority.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">The Democratic party now controls the Senate.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">She was selected as her party's candidate for mayor.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">She became leader of the party in 2016.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">This bitter dispute finally split the party.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">He called the vote in a disastrous attempt to unite the party.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">He founded his own party, the LPF.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">They formed a radical opposition party, the National Movement.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">members of the parliamentary party</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">They are now the majority party in Parliament.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">They present themselves as the party of the working classes.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">They want to be taken seriously as a prospective party of government.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">He had strong links with the Communist Party.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">The Prime Minister was cheered by the party faithful.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">She continued to be loyal to the party leadership.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">He denied that he had ever been a Nazi party member.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">The cost of party membership is relatively high.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">The most important thing is to maintain party unity.</span></li></ul></span></div><div class="collapse" hclass="collapse" htag="div"><span class="unbox" unbox="colloc" id="party2_unbox_5"><span class="box_title">Collocations <span class="closed">Politics</span></span><span class="body"><span class="unbox">Politics</span><span class="unbox">Power</span><ul class="bullet"><li class="li"><span class="eb">create/form/be the leader of</span> a political party</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">gain/take/win/lose/regain</span> control of Congress</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">start/spark/lead/be on the brink of</span> a revolution</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">be engaged/locked in</span> an internal power struggle</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">lead/form</span> a rival/breakaway faction</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">seize/take</span> control of the government/power</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">bring down/overthrow/topple</span> the government/president/regime</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">abolish/overthrow/restore</span> the monarchy</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">establish/install</span> a military dictatorship/a stable government</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">be forced/removed/driven from</span> office/power</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">resign/step down as</span> party leader/an MP/president/prime minister</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">enter/retire from/return to</span> political life</li></ul><span class="unbox">Political debate</span><ul class="bullet"><li class="li"><span class="eb">spark/provoke</span> a heated/hot/intense/lively debate</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">engage in/participate in/contribute to</span> (the) political/public debate (on/over something)</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">get involved in/feel excluded from</span> the political process</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">launch/start/lead/spearhead</span> a campaign/movement</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">join/be linked with</span> the peace/anti-war/feminist/civil rights movement</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">criticize/speak out against/challenge/support</span> the government</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">lobby/put pressure on</span> the government (to do something)</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">come under fire/pressure from</span> opposition parties</li></ul><span class="unbox">Policy</span><ul class="bullet"><li class="li"><span class="eb">call for/demand/propose/push for/advocate</span> democratic/political/land reform(s)</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">formulate/implement</span> domestic economic policy</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">change/influence/shape/have an impact on</span> government/economic/public policy</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">be consistent with/be in line with/go against/be opposed to</span> government policy</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">reform/restructure/modernize</span> the tax system</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">privatize/improve/deliver/make cuts in</span> public services</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">invest (heavily) in/spend something on</span> schools/education/public services/(the) infrastructure</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">nationalize</span> the banks/the oil industry</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">promise/propose/deliver/give</span> ($80 billion in/significant/substantial/massive) tax cuts</li><li class="li">a/the budget is <span class="eb">approved/</span> <span class="labels" htag="span" hclass="labels">(especially North American English)</span> <span class="eb">passed</span> by parliament/congress</li></ul><span class="unbox">Making laws</span><ul class="bullet"><li class="li"><span class="eb">have a majority in/have seats in</span> Parliament/Congress/the Senate</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">propose/sponsor</span> a bill/legislation/a resolution</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">introduce/bring in/draw up/draft/adopt/pass</span> a bill/a law/legislation/measures</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">amend/repeal</span> an act/a law/legislation</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">veto/vote against/oppose</span> a bill/legislation/a measure/a proposal/a resolution</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">get/require/be decided by</span> a majority vote</li></ul></span></span></div><span class="topic-g"><span class="prefix">Topics </span><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/politics?level=b1" title="Topic politics"><span class="topic" href="l2:politics_and_society:politics?cefr=b1"><span class="topic_name">Politics</span><span class="topic_cefr">b1</span></span></a></span><div class="collapse" htag="div" hclass="collapse"><span class="unbox" id="party2_unbox_6" unbox="snippet"><span class="box_title">Oxford Collocations Dictionary</span><span class="body"><span class="unbox">adjective</span><ul class="collocs_list"><li class="li">political</li><li class="li">centre/center</li><li class="li">centre-right/center-right</li><li class="li">…</li></ul><span class="unbox">verb + party</span><ul class="collocs_list"><li class="li">build</li><li class="li">establish</li><li class="li">form</li><li class="li">…</li></ul><span class="unbox">party + verb</span><ul class="collocs_list"><li class="li">come to power</li><li class="li">gain power</li><li class="li">win (something)</li><li class="li">…</li></ul><span class="unbox">party + noun</span><ul class="collocs_list"><li class="li">conference</li><li class="li">congress</li><li class="li">convention</li><li class="li">…</li></ul><span class="unbox">phrases</span><ul class="collocs_list"><li class="li">the leader of a/the (…) party</li><li class="li">a member of a/the (…) party</li><li class="li">the left wing of the party</li><li class="li">…</li></ul><span class="xref_to_full_entry">See <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/collocations/party" title=" definition in Collocations ">full entry</a></span></span></span></div> <div id='ad_contentslot_1' class='am-entry'> <script type='text/javascript'>iaw.cmd.push(function() { iaw.display('ad_contentslot_1'); });</script> </div> </li><li class="sense" htag="li" sensenum="3" ox3000="y" hclass="sense" cefr="b2" id="party_sng_3"><span class="sensetop" htag="span" hclass="sensetop"><div class="symbols" htag="div" hclass="symbols"><a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlists/oxford3000-5000?dataset=english&list=ox3000&level=b2"><span class="ox3ksym_b2"> </span></a></div></span> <span class="grammar" hclass="grammar" htag="span">[countable + singular or plural verb]</span> <span class="def" hclass="def" htag="span">a group of people who are doing something together such as travelling or visiting somewhere</span><ul class="examples" htag="ul" hclass="examples"><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">The school is taking a party of 40 children to France.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">The theatre gives a 10 per cent discount to parties of more than ten.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">a rescue/wedding/hunting party</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">A party of tourists was/were photographing the monument.</span></li></ul> <span class="xrefs" hclass="xrefs" htag="span" xt="see"><span class="prefix">see also</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/colour-party" title="colour party definition"><span class="xr-g" href="colourparty_e" bord="n" dict="all"><span class="xh">colour party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/search-party" title="search party definition"><span class="xr-g" dict="all" href="searchparty_e" bord="n"><span class="xh">search party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/working-party" title="working party definition"><span class="xr-g" href="workingparty_e" bord="n" dict="all"><span class="xh">working party</span></span></a></span><div class="collapse" hclass="collapse" htag="div"><span class="unbox" unbox="extra_examples" id="party2_unbox_7"><span class="box_title">Extra Examples</span><ul class="examples" htag="ul" hclass="examples"><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">The table was taken by a party of six.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">The total bill for our party of five was almost £300.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">A small party of four soldiers came into view.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">She arrived with a party of helpers.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">The ship hosted a number of visits, including parties of local schoolchildren.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">In 1863 Mr. Thomas Cook led his first party of tourists to Switzerland.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">A small party set out from the fort.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">Some of the party wanted to turn back.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">One of the men in our party volunteered to go for help.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">A guide travelled with our party.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">It was time for us to join rest of the coach party.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">The visiting party included city dignitaries.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">A landing party was sent ashore.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">The hunting party came across a bear in the forest.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">He landed a small scouting party on the island.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">The captain told the crew to prepare to receive a boarding party.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">They formed a raiding party to venture into enemy territory.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">The wedding party climbed into the carriages.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">A rescue party immediately set off by boat.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">Several members of the England cricket touring party were robbed outside the team hotel.</span></li></ul></span></div><div class="collapse" htag="div" hclass="collapse"><span class="unbox" id="party2_unbox_8" unbox="snippet"><span class="box_title">Oxford Collocations Dictionary</span><span class="body"><span class="unbox">adjective</span><ul class="collocs_list"><li class="li">boarding</li><li class="li">hunting</li><li class="li">landing</li><li class="li">…</li></ul><span class="unbox">preposition</span><ul class="collocs_list"><li class="li">party of</li></ul><span class="xref_to_full_entry">See <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/collocations/party" title=" definition in Collocations ">full entry</a></span></span></span></div> </li><li class="sense" htag="li" sensenum="4" hclass="sense" id="party_sng_4" cefr="c1"><span class="sensetop" htag="span" hclass="sensetop"><span class="grammar" htag="span" hclass="grammar">[countable]</span></span> <span class="labels" hclass="labels" htag="span">(formal)</span> <span class="def" htag="span" hclass="def">one of the people or groups of people involved in a legal agreement or argument</span><ul class="examples" htag="ul" hclass="examples"><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">the <span class="cl">guilty/innocent party</span></span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">The contract can be terminated by either party with three months' notice.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">The judge’s decision satisfied most of the parties concerned.</span></li></ul> <span class="xrefs" htag="span" xt="see" hclass="xrefs"><span class="prefix">see also</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/the-injured-party" title="injured party definition"><span class="xr-g" href="injuredparty_e" bord="n" dict="all"><span class="xh">injured party</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/third-party" title="third party definition"><span class="xr-g" dict="all" bord="n" href="thirdparty_e"><span class="xh">third party</span></span></a></span><div class="collapse" hclass="collapse" htag="div"><span class="unbox" unbox="extra_examples" id="party2_unbox_9"><span class="box_title">Extra Examples</span><ul class="examples" htag="ul" hclass="examples"><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">First we must notify all the interested parties.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">This agreement shall be binding upon both parties.</span></li></ul></span></div><span class="topic-g"><span class="prefix">Topics </span><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/discussion-and-agreement?level=c1" title="Topic discussion-and-agreement"><span class="topic" href="l2:functions:discussion_and_agreement?cefr=c1"><span class="topic_name">Discussion and agreement</span><span class="topic_cefr">c1</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/opinion-and-argument?level=c1" title="Topic opinion-and-argument"><span class="topic" href="l2:functions:opinion_and_argument?cefr=c1"><span class="topic_name">Opinion and argument</span><span class="topic_cefr">c1</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/law-and-justice?level=c1" title="Topic law-and-justice"><span class="topic" href="l2:politics_and_society:law_and_justice?cefr=c1"><span class="topic_name">Law and justice</span><span class="topic_cefr">c1</span></span></a></span><div class="collapse" hclass="collapse" htag="div"><span class="unbox" id="party2_unbox_10" unbox="snippet"><span class="box_title">Oxford Collocations Dictionary</span><span class="body"><span class="unbox">adjective</span><ul class="collocs_list"><li class="li">guilty</li><li class="li">innocent</li><li class="li">aggrieved</li><li class="li">…</li></ul><span class="unbox">verb + party</span><ul class="collocs_list"><li class="li">notify</li><li class="li">be binding on</li><li class="li">bind</li><li class="li">…</li></ul><span class="xref_to_full_entry">See <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/collocations/party" title=" definition in Collocations ">full entry</a></span></span></span></div> </li><div class="collapse" htag="div" hclass="collapse"><span class="unbox" unbox="wordorigin" id="party2_unbox_11"><span class="box_title">Word Origin</span><span class="body"><span class="p">Middle English (denoting a body of people united in opposition to others, also in sense (1)): from Old French <span class="ei">partie</span>, based on Latin <span class="ei">partiri</span> ‘divide into parts’. Sense (2) dates from the early 18th cent.</span></span></span></div></ol><div class="idioms" htag="div" id="party_idmgs_1" hclass="idioms"><span class="idioms_heading">Idioms</span> <span class="idm-g" sk="bepartyto" id="party_idmg_1"><div class="top-container"><div class="top-g" id="party_topg_3"><div class="webtop"><span class="idm" id="party_idm_1" cefr="c2">be (a) party to something</span> </div></div></div><ol class="sense_single" htag="ol"><li class="sense" id="party_sng_5" fkcefr="c2" hclass="sense" htag="li"><span class="sensetop" hclass="sensetop" htag="span"><span class="labels" htag="span" hclass="labels">(formal)</span></span> <span class="def" hclass="def" htag="span">to be involved in an agreement or action</span><ul class="examples" htag="ul" hclass="examples"><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">to be party to a decision</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">He refused to be a party to any violence.</span></li></ul><span class="topic-g"><span class="prefix">Topics </span><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/discussion-and-agreement?level=c2" title="Topic discussion-and-agreement"><span class="topic" href="l2:functions:discussion_and_agreement?cefr=c2"><span class="topic_name">Discussion and agreement</span><span class="topic_cefr">c2</span></span></a></span> </li></ol></span> <span class="idm-g" sk="bringtoparty" id="party_idmg_2"><div class="top-container"><div class="top-g" id="party_topg_4"><div class="webtop"><span class="idm" id="party_idm_2">bring something to the party/table</span> </div></div></div><ol class="sense_single" htag="ol"><li class="sense" id="party_sng_6" hclass="sense" htag="li"><span class="sensetop" hclass="sensetop" htag="span"><span class="def" htag="span" hclass="def">to contribute something useful to a discussion, project, etc.</span></span><ul class="examples" hclass="examples" htag="ul"><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">What Hislop brought to the party was real commitment and energy.</span></li></ul> </li></ol></span></div><span class="dictlink-g"><span class="dictlink">See <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/american_english/party_1" title=" definition in American English "><span class="xh">party</span></a> in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary</span><span class="dictlink">See <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/academic/party" title=" definition in Academic English "><span class="xh">party</span></a> in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English</span></span><div class="pron-link">Check pronunciation: <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/pronunciation/english/party_1">party</a></div></div> </div> </div> <div id='ad_btmslot' class='am-default'> <script type='text/javascript'>iaw.cmd.push(function() { iaw.display('ad_btmslot'); });</script> </div> </div> </div> <div id="rightcolumn" class="responsive_entry_center_right"> <div id="relatedentries" class="responsive_row"> <h4 class="no-rule">Other results</h4> <dl class="accordion ui-grad"> <dt>All matches</dt> <dd> <ul class="list-col"> <li > <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/party_2" title="party verb definition"><span class='arl1'>party <pos-g hclass="pos" htag="span"><pos>verb</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li > <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/all-party" title="all-party adjective definition"><span class='arl2'>all-party <pos-g htag="span" hclass="pos"><pos>adjective</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li > <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hen-party" title="hen party noun definition"><span class='arl2'>hen party <pos-g htag="span" hclass="pos"><pos>noun</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li > <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/one-party" title="one-party adjective definition"><span class='arl2'>one-party <pos-g hclass="pos" htag="span"><pos>adjective</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li > <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/tea-party" title="tea party noun definition"><span class='arl2'>tea party <pos-g htag="span" hclass="pos"><pos>noun</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li > <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/after-party" title="after-party noun definition"><span class='arl2'>after-party <pos-g hclass="pos" htag="span"><pos>noun</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li > <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/block-party" title="block party noun definition"><span class='arl2'>block party <pos-g htag="span" hclass="pos"><pos>noun</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li > <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/house-party" title="house party noun definition"><span class='arl2'>house party <pos-g htag="span" hclass="pos"><pos>noun</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li class='more'> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/kitty-party" title="kitty party noun definition"><span class='arl2'>kitty party <pos-g hclass="pos" htag="span"><pos>noun</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li class='more'> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/micro-party" title="micro party noun definition"><span class='arl2'>micro party <pos-g hclass="pos" htag="span"><pos>noun</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li class='more'> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/party-favor" title="party favor noun definition"><span class='arl2'>party favor <pos-g hclass="pos" htag="span"><pos>noun</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li class='more'> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/party-goer" title="party-goer noun definition"><span class='arl2'>party-goer <pos-g htag="span" hclass="pos"><pos>noun</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li class='more'> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/party-line" title="party line noun definition"><span class='arl2'>party line <pos-g htag="span" hclass="pos"><pos>noun</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li class='more'> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/party-list" title="party list noun definition"><span class='arl2'>party list <pos-g htag="span" hclass="pos"><pos>noun</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li class='more'> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/party-piece" title="party piece noun definition"><span class='arl2'>party piece <pos-g htag="span" hclass="pos"><pos>noun</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li class='more'> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/party-wall" title="party wall noun definition"><span class='arl2'>party wall <pos-g hclass="pos" htag="span"><pos>noun</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li class='more'> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/third-party" title="third party noun definition"><span class='arl2'>third party <pos-g htag="span" hclass="pos"><pos>noun</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li class='more'> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bottle-party" title="bottle party noun definition"><span class='arl2'>bottle party <pos-g htag="span" hclass="pos"><pos>noun</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li class='more'> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/colour-party" title="colour party noun definition"><span class='arl2'>colour party <pos-g hclass="pos" htag="span"><pos>noun</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li class='more'> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/concert-party" title="concert party noun definition"><span class='arl2'>concert party <pos-g hclass="pos" htag="span"><pos>noun</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> </ul> <a class="see-more" >See more</a> </dd> <dt>Idioms</dt> <dd> <ul class="list-col"> <li > <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/life_1#life_idmg_12" title="Definition of the life and soul of the party, etc. in English"><span class='arl8'>the life and soul of the party, etc.</span></a> </li> </ul> </dd> </dl> </div> <div class="responsive_row nearby"> <h4>Nearby words</h4> <ul class="list-col"> <li> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/part-with" title="Definition of part with phrasal verb in English"><DATA class="hwd">part with <pos>phrasal verb</pos></DATA></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/part-work" title="Definition of part-work noun in English"><DATA class="hwd">part-work <pos>noun</pos></DATA></a> </li> <li> <span> <a class='selected' href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/party_1" title="Definition of party noun in English"><DATA class="hwd">party 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