/ˈpɑːti/
Translation
A time when people come together to have fun, often with food, music, and friends.
Word origin
From Old French partie, meaning a part or a group, which later came to mean a group of people meeting together.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- partie
Grammar
Examples
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"Party" means a happy time when people meet to have fun.
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Here "party" is the event where people are enjoying themselves.
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"Parties" is the plural, meaning more than one party.
A "party" is a happy event where people come together to enjoy themselves, often with food and music. The same word can also mean a group of people who share an aim, such as a political party.
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(7)Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, neither do I, and the words you are allowed to leave out
Future tense in English: will, going to and more explained
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many and more
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English: myself, yourself, each other, and when English does not bother
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
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