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• the democratic and republican parties in the united states
• she belongs to the labour party.
• the ruling/opposition party
• the party leader/manifesto/policy

party

1. a political organization that you can vote for in elections and whose members have the same aims and ideas
• the Democratic and Republican Parties in the United States
• She belongs to the Labour Party.
• the ruling/opposition party
• the party leader/manifesto/policy
2. a social occasion, often in a person’s home, at which people eat, drink, talk, dance and enjoy themselves
• see also block party
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/block-party
• a birthday/dinner/garden, etc. party
• to give/have/throw a party
• Did you go to the party?
• party games
3. a group of people who are doing something together such as travelling or visiting somewhere
• see also search party
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/search-party
• The school is taking a party of 40 children to France.
• The theatre gives a 10% discount to parties of more than ten.
4. one of the people or groups of people involved in a legal agreement or argument
• see also injured party
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/the-injured-party
• the guilty/innocent party
• The contract can be terminated by either party with three months' notice.
• The judge’s decision satisfied most of the parties concerned.
5. to be involved in an agreement or action
• to be party to a decision
• He refused to be a party to any violence.
6. to contribute something useful to a discussion, project, etc.
• What Hislop brought to the party was real commitment and energy.

Extra Examples

• By now the party was in full swing.
• First we must notify all the interested parties.
• From 1991 new political parties emerged to challenge the governing party.
• Ed Miliband’s speech at the Labour party conference
• He loves throwing lavish parties.
• He was accused of having strong links with the Communist Party.
• I was at a party in London that night.
• I’m organizing a surprise party for my sister.
• It was time for us to join the coach party.
• Most MPs will follow the party line.
• Mr Cameron was cheered by the party faithful.
• On moving in they threw a huge house-warming party.
• She arrived with a party of helpers.
• She became the leader of the party in 2008.
• She is a hard-drinking, non-stop party girl.
• She left the party in 2000.
• She refused to follow the party line= the official view of the party.
• She turned up at her fiancé’s bachelor party.
• The Labour Party was returned to power in 2001.
• The Labour party lost the vote on this important issue.
• The Liberal party controlled the Senate at this time.
• The captain told the crew to prepare to receive a boarding party.
• The girls were having a slumber party.
• The party broke up around midnight.
• The party was officially dissolved in 1927.
• The wedding party climbed into the carriages.
• There was a party going on next door.
• They are now the majority party in Parliament.
• They attended the launch party for the new film.
• This agreement binds both parties.
• This agreement is binding on both parties.
• This agreement shall be binding upon both parties.
• We had a farewell party for Michelle when she left the company.
• You must sign the document in the presence of an independent third party
• a bitter dispute which finally split the party
• a surprise birthday party
• both main political parties
• members of the parliamentary party
• policies that would be out of place in the Republican party platform
• the majority party in both Houses
• the parties contesting the elections
• A rescue party immediately set off by boat.
• Did you go to their party?
• He gave a dinner party for some old friends.
• It was decided to send out a search party to look for the missing climbers.
• Several members of the England cricket touring party were robbed outside the team hotel.
• The theatre gives a 10% discount to parties of more than 10.
• There were fizzy drinks, cake and party games.
• They threw a party to celebrate the end of term.
• We’re going to have a housewarming party next weekend.
• a coach party of German tourists
• the party leader/manifesto/policy
• the ruling/opposition party

Word Origin

• Middle 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.