Word Meaning

party definition and meaning

v. A part or portion.
v. A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy.
v. A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service.
v. A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party.
v. One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract.
v. The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.
v. Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another.
v. Cause; side; interest.
v. A person; as, he is a queer party.
v. Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.
v. Partial; favoring one party.
adv. Partly.

Crossword clues for party

- Enjoy oneself
- Political group
- Social event
- Social gathering
- Social occasion