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How to pronounce party
Say it like this: /ˈpɑɹti/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does party mean?
nounA 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.”
A person; an individual.
“He is a queer party.”
With to: someone who takes part in an action or affair; an accessory.
“I can't possibly be (a) party to that kind of reckless behaviour.”
verbTo celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
“We partied until the early hours.”
To take recreational drugs.
To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
advPartly.
adjDivided; in part.
“an escutcheon party per pale”
Shared by two properties and serving to divide them.
“Now converging, now diverging, these fences presented a striking irregularity of contour. No fence was party, nor any part of any fence.”
Favoring one party; partisan.
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