party

noun17

1. •
   an event where invited people eat, drink and have fun, often to celebrate something

   • I'm throwing a huge party for my 21st birthday.
2. •
   A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.
3. •
   A group of characters controlled by the player.
4. •
   A detachment of troops selected for a particular service or duty.

   • The settlers were attacked early next morning by a scouting party.
5. •
   A group of people gathered together, especially temporarily, for a specific purpose such as travel or sport.

   • We're expecting a large party from the London office.
   • Do you have a table available for a party of four?
6. •
   A small group of birds or mammals.

   • Small parties of cattle were seen browsing in places where they must with with difficulty have kept their footing[.] — 1830
7. •
   (Internet) Active player characters organized into a single group.
8. •
   A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.

   • The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee.
9. •
   With to: someone who takes part in an action or affair; an accessory.

   • I can't possibly be (a) party to that kind of reckless behaviour.
10. •
    (slang, old-fashioned) A person; an individual.

    • He is a queer party.
11. •
    A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest, etc., or united in maintaining a cause, policy, or opinion in opposition to others; a faction.
12. •
    A political group considered as a formal whole, usually organized on a national basis, which contests elections and aims to form or take part in a government; a political party.

    • The green party took 12% of the vote.
    • His party was campaigning successfuly.
13. •
    The Communist Party, especially as the sole political party of a communist state.
14. •
    (no longer used, old-fashioned) The feeling of solidarity with and support for one's political party; partisanship, especially in political matters.
15. •
    (no longer used) A part or portion.

    • And so the moost party of the castel that was falle doune thorugh that dolorous stroke laye vpon Pellam and balyn thre dayes. — 1889
16. •
    (no longer used) A prospective partner or an offer of marriage.
17. •
    (no longer used) A decision, resolution, agreement.

verb4

1. •
   To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.

   • We partied until the early hours.
2. •
   (Internet) To form a party (with).

   • If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.
3. •
   (slang, euphemistic) To take recreational drugs.
4. •
   To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.

adjective4

1. •
   Favoring one party; partisan.
2. •
   Divided into parts of different tinctures, usually equal, and especially following the lines of one of the ordinaries.
3. •
   (rare) Shared by two properties and serving to divide them.

   • Now converging, now diverging, these fences presented a striking irregularity of contour. No fence was party, nor any part of any fence. — 1953
4. •
   (no longer used) Divided; in part.

adverb1

1. •
   (no longer used) Partly.

noun1

1. •
   (Internet, historical) An informal private party held as part of a convention, giving Internet users a chance to meet in person.