participate

B1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /pɑɹˈtɪs.ə.peɪt/ UK /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #6609

Meanings

1

verb
To take part in an activity or event.

Hundreds of runners participated in the city marathon.

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1 verb · to take part in an activity... take partenter

Word family

Forms participatedparticipatesparticipating

Derived forms coparticipatenonparticipatingparticipanceparticipatinglyunparticipatednunparticipating

Related forms participant participationparticipativeparticipatorparticipatoryparticipial participle

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin participātus, the perfect passive participle of participō (“to take part in, share in, give part in, impart”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from particeps (“taking part (in), sharing (in); someone who takes part (in)”, particip- in compounds), from pars (“part”, part- in compounds) + -ceps (“which takes, taker”), literally “(someone) who takes part”; see part and capable. Compare Old English dǣlniman (“to participate”), an earlier calque of the same Latin verb.

*perh₃- Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European

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# participate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /pɑɹˈtɪs.ə.peɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 6609

## Meanings
1. To take part in an activity or event.

## Examples
- Hundreds of runners participated in the city marathon.

## Derived Forms
- coparticipate
- nonparticipating
- participance
- participatingly
- unparticipatedn
- unparticipating

## Related Forms
- participant
- participation
- participative
- participator
- participatory
- participial
- participle

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *perh₃-
- Root: *keh₂p-

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin participātus, the perfect passive participle of participō (“to take part in, share in, give part in, impart”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from particeps (“taking part (in), sharing (in); someone who takes part (in)”, particip- in compounds), from pars (“part”, part- in compounds) + -ceps (“which takes, taker”), literally “(someone) who takes part”; see part and capable. Compare Old English dǣlniman (“to participate”), an earlier calque of the same Latin verb.

## AI Etymology
Participate was borrowed from Latin participātus, the perfect passive participle of participō (“to take part in, share in, give part in, impart”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from particeps (“taking part (in), sharing (in); someone who takes part (in)”, particip- in compounds), from pars (“part”, part- in compounds) + -ceps (“which takes, taker”), literally “(someone) who takes part”; see part and capable. Compare Old English dǣlniman (“to participate”), an earlier calque of the same Latin verb. Modern senses include to take part in an activity or event. The wider word family includes derivatives such as coparticipate, nonparticipating, participance, participatingly, unparticipatedn, and unparticipating and related forms such as participant, participation, participative, and participator.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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