party
noun/ˈpɑːrti/
(plural parties)
Слово англійською: party
Переклад party українською: па́ртія (політи́чна), вечі́рка, тусо́вка, тусня́к, гуля́нка, гуля́ти (святкува́ти і т. д.), ді́вич-ве́чір, діво́ча вечі́рка, маскара́д, проща́льний ве́чір, ді́вич-ве́чір
Детальний опис
- [countable] (especially in compounds) a social occasion, often in a person’s home, at which people eat, drink, talk, dance and enjoy themselves
- a dinner/tea/cocktail party
- at a party I was at a birthday party for my friend's five-year-old daughter.
- to have/throw/give a party
- to hold/host a party
- Did you go to the party?
- party games
Wordfindersee also after-party, bachelor party, bachelorette party, block party, bottle party, cocktail party, costume party, dinner party, garden party, hen party, house party, kitty party, office party, slumber party, stag party, street party, tailgate party, tea party, wedding party- anniversary
- birthday
- celebrate
- commemorate
- festivity
- jubilee
- occasion
- parade
- party
- reception
- (also Party)[countable + singular or plural verb] a political organization that you can vote for in elections and whose members have the same aims and ideas
- Do you belong to a political party?
- the ruling/opposition party
- the Democratic/Republican/Conservative/Labour Party
- The party is/are completely united on this issue.
- the party leader/conference
- a party member/activist/official
Collocations PoliticsPoliticsPower- create/form/be the leader of a political party
- gain/take/win/lose/regain control of Congress
- start/spark/lead/be on the brink of a revolution
- be engaged/locked in an internal power struggle
- lead/form a rival/breakaway faction
- seize/take control of the government/power
- bring down/overthrow/topple the government/president/regime
- abolish/overthrow/restore the monarchy
- establish/install a military dictatorship/a stable government
- be forced/removed/driven from office/power
- resign/step down as party leader/an MP/president/prime minister
- enter/retire from/return to political life
- spark/provoke a heated/hot/intense/lively debate
- engage in/participate in/contribute to (the) political/public debate (on/over something)
- get involved in/feel excluded from the political process
- launch/start/lead/spearhead a campaign/movement
- join/be linked with the peace/anti-war/feminist/civil rights movement
- criticize/speak out against/challenge/support the government
- lobby/put pressure on the government (to do something)
- come under fire/pressure from opposition parties
- call for/demand/propose/push for/advocate democratic/political/land reform(s)
- formulate/implement domestic economic policy
- change/influence/shape/have an impact on government/economic/public policy
- be consistent with/be in line with/go against/be opposed to government policy
- reform/restructure/modernize the tax system
- privatize/improve/deliver/make cuts in public services
- invest (heavily) in/spend something on schools/education/public services/(the) infrastructure
- nationalize the banks/the oil industry
- promise/propose/deliver/give ($80 billion in/significant/substantial/massive) tax cuts
- a/the budget is approved/ (especially North American English) passed by parliament/congress
- have a majority in/have seats in Parliament/Congress/the Senate
- propose/sponsor a bill/legislation/a resolution
- introduce/bring in/draw up/draft/adopt/pass a bill/a law/legislation/measures
- amend/repeal an act/a law/legislation
- veto/vote against/oppose a bill/legislation/a measure/a proposal/a resolution
- get/require/be decided by a majority vote
- [countable + singular or plural verb] a group of people who are doing something together such as travelling or visiting somewhere
- The school is taking a party of 40 children to France.
- The theatre gives a 10 per cent discount to parties of more than ten.
- a rescue/wedding/hunting party
- A party of tourists was/were photographing the monument.
- [countable] (formal) one of the people or groups of people involved in a legal agreement or argument
- the guilty/innocent party
- The contract can be terminated by either party with three months' notice.
- The judge’s decision satisfied most of the parties concerned.
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a body of people united in opposition to others, also in sense (1)): from Old French partie, based on Latin partiri ‘divide into parts’. Sense (2) dates from the early 18th cent.
Idioms
be (a) party to something
- (formal) to be involved in an agreement or action
- to be party to a decision
- He refused to be a party to any violence.
bring something to the party/table
- to contribute something useful to a discussion, project, etc.
- What Hislop brought to the party was real commitment and energy.