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Meaning of parties

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

parties

Pronunciation:/ˈpɑːtiz//ˈpɑɹtiz/

noun

Definitions

  1. A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.

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

  2. A person.

  3. A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.

  4. A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.

    Example: The green party took 12% of the vote.

verb

Definitions

  1. To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.

    Example: We partied until the early hours.

  2. To take recreational drugs.

  3. To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.

  4. To form a party (with).

    Example: If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.