party

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpɑːrti/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpɑrti/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pär′tē)

Inflections of 'party' (n): npl: parties
Inflections of 'party' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
parties
v 3rd person singular
partying
v pres p
partied
v past
partied
v past p

Collocations for "party"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "party" in context.

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party

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. a [house, work, birthday, going-away, bachelor, college, beach] party
  2. a [great, bad, kicking, wild, quiet] party
  3. a political party
  4. the [Democratic, Republican] Party
  5. a member of the [Conservative, Liberal] Party
  6. the [Conservative] party [won, lost] the elections
  7. [all, any] interested parties can [call, contact]
  8. [referred, mediated] by a third party
  9. a [search, rescue] party
  10. [having, throwing] (herself) a pity party
  11. are invited to my [birthday, going away] party
  12. are [having, planning, organizing] a party
  13. buy [drinks, plates, food, cups] for the party
  14. choose the [music, decoration, playlists] for the party
  15. [dance, drink, score, DJ] at a party
  16. made [an idiot, a fool] of himself at the party
  17. the party's over
n as adj
  1. it's party time!
  2. party [decorations, invitations, guests]
  3. party [poppers, streamers, balloons, hats, bags]
  4. [let, set] off party poppers
  5. is a party [girl, animal, pooper]
  6. is a party organizer
  7. [toe, take, fall in with, stick to, adhere to] the party line
  8. share a party line (with)
  9. third-party [coverage, insurance, agreements]
  10. party-size [packs, bottles]
  11. was the party [decision, candidate, leader]
  12. toe the party line
  13. [handed, gave] out party favors
v
  1. party [all night, for hours, until you drop]
  2. party at [the club, home]
  3. party with your [friends, classmates]
  4. party like [crazy, rock stars, there's no tomorrow]
  5. partied on until [midnight]
  6. partied all [night, weekend]
  7. party until [dawn, morning]
  8. partied all over town
  9. partied through [school, college]
  10. partied after [winning, graduating]
  11. partied it up
  12. (just) want to party
  13. let's party!
  14. party and [drink, dance]
adj
  1. we were (not) party to the [plan, scheme]
'party' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
April - August - Christmas - Halloween - July - June - Labour - accommodation - align - along - altogether - anniversary - anymore - appearance - apple - arrangement - aside - ass - atmosphere - awful - awkward - bachelor - bad - balloon - bar - base - beginning - belated - birthday - blast - blazer - block - blow - bomb - bored - bounce - bow - bowl - boyfriend - bummer - bumpy - bust - camera - campus - capital - capture - cardigan - cast - cater - catering

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