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PARTY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("party" is a kind of...):

affair; function; occasion; social function; social occasion (a vaguely specified social event)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "party"):

whist drive (a progressive whist party)

tea party (a party at which tea is served)

jolly (a happy party)

house party (a party lasting over one or more nights at a large house)

feast; fete; fiesta (an elaborate party (often outdoors))

dance (a party for social dancing)

cocktail party (an afternoon party at which cocktails are served)

ceilidh (an informal social gathering at which there is Scottish or Irish folk music and singing and folk dancing and story telling)

bun-fight; bunfight ((Briticism) a grand formal party on an important occasion)

birthday party (a party held on the anniversary of someone's birth)

bash; brawl; do (an uproarious party)

Derivation:

party (have or participate in a party)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A group of people gathered together for pleasure

Example:

she joined the party after dinner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("party" is a kind of...):

social affair; social gathering (a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "party"):

reunion (a party of former associates who have come together again)

wedding; wedding party (a party of people at a wedding)

mixer; sociable; social (a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity)

slumber party (an overnight party of girls who dress in nightclothes and pass the night talking)

hen party (a party for women only)

smoker; stag party (a party for men only (or one considered suitable for men only))

shower (a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person)

fete champetre; garden party; lawn party (a party of people assembled for social interaction out of doors)

soiree (a party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house))

housewarming (a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home)

open house (an informal party of people with hospitality for all comers)

reception (a formal party of people; as after a wedding)

dinner; dinner party (a party of people assembled to have dinner together)

mask; masque; masquerade; masquerade party (a party of guests wearing costumes and masks)

dance (a party of people assembled for dancing)

shindig; shindy (a large and noisy party of people)

Derivation:

party (have or participate in a party)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An organization to gain political power

Example:

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

Synonyms:

party; political party

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("party" is a kind of...):

organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "party"):

Liberal Democrat Party (a political party in Great Britain; formerly the Liberal Party; advocates reforms and improvement of the conditions of working people)

Liberal Party (a political party in Australia, Canada, and other nations, and formerly in Great Britain)

Liberty Party (a former political party in the United States; formed in 1839 to oppose the practice of slavery; merged with the Free Soil Party in 1848)

Militant Tendency (a Trotskyist political organization in Great Britain set up in 1964 inside the Labour Party)

National Socialist German Workers' Party; Nazi Party (the political party founded in Germany in 1919 and brought to power by Hitler in 1933)

People's Party; Populist Party (a former political party in the United States; formed in 1891 to advocate currency expansion and state control of railroads)

Bull Moose Party; Progressive Party (a former political party in the United States; founded by Theodore Roosevelt during the presidential campaign of 1912; its emblem was a picture of a bull moose)

Prohibition Party (a political party in the United States; formed in 1869 to oppose the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages)

GOP; Republican Party (the younger of two major political parties in the United States; GOP is an acronym for grand old party)

Social Democratic Party (a political party in Germany and Britain (and elsewhere) founded in late 19th century; originally Marxist; now advocates the gradual transformation of capitalism into democratic socialism)

Socialist Labor Party (a political party in the United States; formed in 1874 to advocate the peaceful introduction of socialism)

Socialist Party (a political party in the United States formed in 1900 to advocate socialism)

Dixiecrats; States' Rights Democratic Party (a former political party in the United States; formed in 1948 by Democrats from southern states in order to oppose to the candidacy of Harry S Truman)

war party (a political party that supports a war)

Whig Party (a former political party in the United States; formed in 1834 in opposition to the Democratic Party; advocated a loose interpretation of the Constitution and high protective tariffs)

third party (a political party organized in opposition to the major parties in a two-party system)

Opposition (the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected)

American Labor Party (a former political party in the United States; formed in 1936 in New York when labor and liberals bolted the Democratic Party)

American Party; Know-Nothing Party (a former political party in the United States; active in the 1850s to keep power out of the hands of immigrants and Roman Catholics)

Anti-Masonic Party (a former political party in the United States; founded in 1825 in opposition to Freemasonry in public affairs)

Black Panthers (a militant Black political party founded in 1965 to end political dominance by Whites)

Communist Party (a political party that actively advocates a communist form of government; in Communist countries it is the sole political party of the state)

Conservative Party (a political party (especially in Great Britain or Australia) that believes in the importance of a capitalist economy with private ownership rather than state control)

Constitutional Union Party (a former political party in the United States; formed in 1859 by former Whigs who hoped to preserve the Union)

Democratic Party (the older of two major political parties in the United States)

Democratic-Republican Party (a former major political party in the United States in the early 19th century; opposed the old Federalist party; favored a strict interpretation of the constitution in order to limit the powers of the federal government)

Farmer-Labor Party (a former minor political party in the United States in the early 20th century)

American Federalist Party; Federal Party; Federalist Party (a major political party in the United States in the early 19th century; founded by Alexander Hamilton; favored a strong centralized government)

Free Soil Party (a former political party in the United States; formed in 1848 to oppose the extension of slavery into the territories; merged with the Liberty Party in 1848)

Gironde (the French moderate political party that was in power (1791-1793) during the French Revolution)

Green Party (an environmentalist political party)

Greenback Party (a former political party in the United States; organized in 1874; opposed any reduction in the amount of paper money in circulation)

Guomindang; Kuomintang (the political party founded in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen; it governed China under Chiang Kai-shek from 1928 until 1949 when the Communists took power and subsequently was the official ruling party of Taiwan)

labor party; labour party (a left-of-center political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working people)

Holonyms ("party" is a member of...):

form of government; political system (the members of a social organization who are in power)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A band of people associated temporarily in some activity

Example:

the company of cooks walked into the kitchen

Synonyms:

company; party

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("party" is a kind of...):

band; circle; lot; set (an unofficial association of people or groups)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "party"):

war party (a band of warriors who raid or fight an enemy (used especially of Native Americans))

stretcher party (a party of people with stretchers to carry an injured person)

search party (a party of people to search for someone)

rescue party (a party of rescuers)

party to the action; party to the transaction (a party of people taking a role in legal proceedings)

landing party (a part of a ship's company organized for special duties ashore)

fatigue party (a group of soldiers on fatigue duty)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A person involved in legal proceedings

Example:

the party of the first part

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("party" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "party"):

assignee ((law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred))

assignor ((law) the party who makes an assignment)

contractor ((law) a party to a contract)

intervenor ((law) a party who interposes in a pending proceeding)

Jane Doe (an unknown or fictitious woman who is a party to legal proceedings)

John Doe (an unknown or fictitious man who is a party to legal proceedings)

litigant; litigator ((law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation)

reversioner ((law) a party who is entitled to an estate in reversion)

Richard Roe (an unknown or fictitious party to legal proceedings)

tort-feasor; tortfeasor (a party who has committed a tort)

vouchee ((law) a person called into court to defend a title)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have or participate in a party

Example:

The students were partying all night before the exam

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "party" is one way to...):

celebrate; fete (have a celebration)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "party"):

rave (participate in an all-night techno dance party)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

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

party (a group of people gathered together for pleasure)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Having been converted from text into code so as to be unintelligible to unauthorized parties.

(Encrypted, NCI Thesaurus)

EXAMPLE(S): There may be multiple investigations (and therefore reports) into the same event, each initiated by a different party.

(Document Version Relationship Priority Number, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

The party responsible for bringing goods into a country.

(Importer, NCI Thesaurus)

Referring to anything in which both parties have reciprocal rights, understanding or agreement.

(Mutual, NCI Thesaurus)

This object connects the party (organization or person) with the animal model.

(Party Role, NCI Thesaurus)

Dear me, yes; the party was a lady, I think?

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

There was no course left the party but to wait for chance transportation.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Tea parties didn't amount to much, neither did picnics, unless very well conducted.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Black Jack of Ballarat was the name I went under, and our party is still remembered in the colony as the Ballarat Gang.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If the situation is unpleasing, you compromise with your conscience when you make yourself a party to it.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)