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Definition of party verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

party

verb
 
/ˈpɑːti/
 
/ˈpɑːrti/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they party
 
/ˈpɑːti/
 
/ˈpɑːrti/
he / she / it parties
 
/ˈpɑːtiz/
 
/ˈpɑːrtiz/
past simple partied
 
/ˈpɑːtid/
 
/ˈpɑːrtid/
past participle partied
 
/ˈpɑːtid/
 
/ˈpɑːrtid/
-ing form partying
 
/ˈpɑːtiɪŋ/
 
/ˈpɑːrtiɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] (informal) to enjoy yourself, especially by eating, drinking alcohol and dancing
    • They were out partying every night.
    • That guy Jake—he really knows how to party!
    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.
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