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/ |
- [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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