party
/ˈpɑɹti/ verb C2- To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself. · We partied until the early hours.
- To take recreational drugs.
- To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
- To form a party (with). · If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.
He/she/it parties · Past partied · Past participle partied · -ing form partying
Verb forms
- Base form
- party
- He/she/it
- parties
- Past
- partied
- Past participle
- partied
- -ing form
- partying
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
O pleasant party round the fire!
Around their party prowled about.
Alice led the way, and the whole party swam to the shore.
They were indeed a queer-looking party that assembled on the bank—the birds with draggled feathers, the animals with their fur clinging close to them, and all dripping wet, cross, and uncomfortable.
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