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1. An organization to gain political power
   "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"
   - political party
    
2. A group of people gathered together for pleasure
   "she joined the party after dinner"
    
3. A band of people associated temporarily in some activity
   "they organized a party to search for food"
   - company
    
4. An occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment
   "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day"
    
5. A person involved in legal proceedings
   "the party of the first part"

1. Have or participate in a party
   "The students were partying all night before the exam"

Derived forms: partied, parties, partying

Type of: affair, band, celebrate, circle, fete, fête, function, individual, lot, mortal, occasion, organisation [Brit], organization, person, set, social affair, social function, social gathering, social occasion, somebody, someone, soul

Part of: form of government, political system

Encyclopedia: Party