- 1(especially in compounds) a social occasion, often in a person's home, at which people eat, drink, talk, dance, and enjoy themselves a birthday/dinner/garden, etc. party to give/have/throw a party Did you go to the party? party games see bachelor party, house party
- 2Party a political organization that you can vote for in elections and whose members have the same aims and ideas the Democratic and Republican Parties She belongs to the Green Party. the ruling/opposition party the party leader/manifesto/policy Topic CollocationsPoliticspower
- 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 power/the government
- 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/president/prime minister/governor/a senator
- 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/passed by Congress/the House/the Senate
- have a majority in/have seats in Congress/the House/the Senate
- propose/sponsor a bill/legislation/a resolution/an amendment
- introduce/bring in/draw up/draft/adopt/pass a bill/a law/a resolution/an amendment/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
- ⇨ more collocations at economy, vote
- 3a group of people who are doing something together, such as traveling or visiting somewhere The guide took a party of 40 tourists to France. The theater gives a 10% discount to parties of more than ten. see search party
- 4(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. see injured party, third party Idioms
to be involved in an agreement or action to be party to a decision He refused to be a party to any violence.
to contribute something useful to a discussion, project, etc. What Alvarez brought to the party was real commitment and energy.
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