party plural
par·ty
The plural form of party is parties
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- noun plural party a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party. 1
- noun plural party a group gathered for a special purpose or task: a fishing party; a search party. 1
- noun plural party a detachment, squad, or detail of troops assigned to perform some particular mission or service. 1
- noun plural party a group of persons with common purposes or opinions who support one side of a dispute, question, debate, etc. 1
- noun plural party a group of persons with common political opinions and purposes organized for gaining political influence and governmental control and for directing government policy: the Republican Party; the Democratic Party. 1
- noun plural party the system of taking sides on public or political questions or the like. 1
- noun plural party attachment or devotion to one side or faction; partisanship: to put considerations of party first. 1
- noun plural party Law. one of the litigants in a legal proceeding; a plaintiff or defendant in a suit. a signatory to a legal instrument. a person participating in or otherwise privy to a crime. 1
- noun plural party a person or group that participates in some action, affair, plan, etc.; participant: He was a party to the merger deal. 1
- noun plural party the person under consideration; a specific individual: Look at the party in the green velvet shorts. 1
- noun plural party a person or, usually, two or more persons together patronizing a restaurant, attending a social or cultural function, etc.: The headwaiter asked how many were in our party; a party of 12 French physicists touring the labs; a party of one at the small table. 1
- noun plural party a person participating in a telephone conversation: I have your party on the line. 1
- noun plural party any occasion or activity likened to a social party, as specified; session: The couple in the next apartment are having their usual dish-throwing party. 1
- noun plural party an advantageous or pleasurable situation or combination of circumstances of some duration and often of questionable character; period of content, license, exemption, etc.: The police broke in and suddenly the party was over for the nation's most notorious gunman. 1