- participation
- nounADJECTIVE▪ full▪ broader, greater, increased▪ mass, widespread▪
We have to improve and increase mass participation in sports.
▪ limited▪ continued▪ active, direct▪active citizen participation in governance
▪ voluntary▪ effective, meaningful▪ individual, joint▪ equal▪ democratic, political▪ civic (esp. AmE), community, popular, public▪the decline in voting and civic participation
▪ citizen, student, voter, worker▪ labor-force (AmE), labour-market/labor-market▪The labor-force participation of mothers has risen steadily since 1976.
▪ audience▪Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.
▪ athletics, sports▪ parental▪ foreign, international… OF PARTICIPATION▪ degree, extent, level▪We were very pleased with the high level of participation in the charity events.
VERB + PARTICIPATION▪ encourage, facilitate, foster, invite, promote, solicit▪The club encourages participation in sporting activities.
▪Teachers were asked to solicit student participation.
▪ discourage▪ broaden, increase▪ limit, restrict▪He has a bad knee that will limit his participation in training.
▪ decline, refuse (both esp. AmE)▪Those who declined participation were excused and sent back to the classroom.
PARTICIPATION + VERB▪ increasePARTICIPATION + NOUN▪ level, ratePREPOSITION▪ participation in▪direct participation in the running of the country
Collocations dictionary. 2013.