party

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment

   We planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day.

2. 2
   noun

   a group of people gathered together for pleasure

   We got to the restaurant early, got our table, and waited for the rest of the party to arrive.

3. 3
   noun

   an organization to gain political power

   in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level

4. 4
   noun

   a band of people associated temporarily in some activity

   they organized a party to search for food

5. 5
   noun

   a person involved in legal proceedings

   the party of the first part

6. 6
   verb

   have or participate in a party

   The students were partying all night before the exam

7. 7
   noun

   A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.

   The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee.

8. 8
   noun

   A person; an individual.

   He is a queer party.

Etymology

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).