## Meanings
1. A social event where people meet to celebrate, eat, and have fun.
2. An organized group of people that shares political aims and tries to win power.
3. To enjoy yourself at a party, often by dancing and drinking.
4. A person or group on one side of an agreement or legal case.

## Examples
- We planned a party to celebrate her birthday.
- The new political party won many seats in the election.
- The students partied all night after their exams.
- Both parties signed the contract.

## Synonyms
- blowout
- gala
- get-together
- knees-up
- partay
- shindig
- shivoo

## Derived Forms
- after-party
- afterparty
- all-party
- antiparty
- biparty
- charter-party
- co-party
- copyparty
- counter-party
- counterparty
- cross-party
- darty

## Related Forms
- blast
- part
- partisan

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: party
- Root: partie
- Root: partir
- Root: partire
- Root: партия

## 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).

## AI Etymology
Party comes 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). Modern senses include a social event where people meet to celebrate, eat, and have fun and an organized group of people that shares political aims and tries to win power. The wider word family includes derivatives such as after-party, afterparty, all-party, antiparty, biparty, and charter-party and related forms such as blast, part, and partisan.

## Topics
- Entertainment & Leisure
- Politics & International Affairs

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