- party
- noun1 political groupADJECTIVE▪ political▪ centre/center, centre-right/center-right, left-wing, right-wing▪ centrist, fascist, leftist, nationalist, populist, progressive, radical, reactionary, revolutionary, social democratic, socialist▪ Communist, Conservative, Democratic, Labour, Liberal, Republican, etc.▪ opposing, opposition▪ parliamentary▪
members of the parliamentary party (= MPs, not ordinary party members) (BrE)
▪ main, major▪both main political parties
▪ majority, minority▪the majority party in both Houses
▪ governing, incumbent, rulingVERB + PARTY▪ build, establish, form, found▪ dissolve▪The party was officially dissolved in 1927.
▪ weaken▪ split▪a bitter dispute which finally split the party
▪ unite▪ head, lead▪ belong to, join▪ be affiliated to, have links with (both esp. BrE)▪He was accused of having strong links with the Communist Party.
▪ leave, resign from▪She left the party in 2000.
▪ expel sb from▪ vote for▪ elect, return to power▪The party was returned to power in 2001.
PARTY + VERB▪ come to power, gain power, win (sth)▪ control sth▪The Liberal party controlled the Senate at this time.
▪ dominate sth▪ lose (sth), lose power▪The party lost the vote on this important issue.
▪ contest sth▪the parties contesting the elections
▪ support sb/sth▪ nominate sb▪ emerge▪From 1991 new political parties emerged to challenge the governing party.
PARTY + NOUN▪ conference (esp. BrE), congress, convention▪Gordon Brown's speech at the Labour party conference
▪ committee▪ activist, candidate, faithful (= loyal members of the party), member▪Mr Cameron was cheered by the party faithful.
▪ chair, chairman, leader, leadership, official▪ affiliation▪ platform▪policies that would be out of place in the Republican party platform
▪ line▪She refused to follow the party line (= the official view of the party).
▪ politicsPHRASES▪ the leader of a/the ( … ) party, a member of a/the ( … ) party▪She became the leader of the party in 2008.
▪ the left wing of the party, the right wing of the party2 social occasionADJECTIVE▪ surprise▪a surprise birthday party
▪ impromptu▪ lavish▪He loves throwing lavish parties.
▪ all-night▪ cocktail, dinner, tea▪ birthday, Christmas, Halloween, holiday (AmE)▪ engagement, wedding▪ farewell, going-away, leaving (esp. BrE)▪We had a farewell party for Michelle when she left the company.
▪ graduation▪ coming-out (esp. AmE)▪ launch▪They attended the launch party for the new film.
▪ house-warming▪ garden, house, office, pool, street▪ costume (AmE), fancy-dress (BrE), toga▪ sleepover, slumber (AmE)▪The girls were having a slumber party.
▪ bachelor (AmE), bachelorette (AmE), hen (BrE), stag (BrE)▪She turned up at her fiancé's bachelor party.
▪I flew home for my sister's hen party.
▪ frat, fraternity, sorority (all AmE)▪ Tupperware™▪ private▪ tailgate (AmE)VERB + PARTY▪ give, have, hold, host, throw▪On moving in they threw a huge house-warming party.
▪ organize, plan▪ invite sb to▪ attend, go to▪ leave▪ crash, gatecrash (BrE)▪ ruin, spoilPARTY + VERB▪ go on▪There was a party going on next door.
▪ be in full swing (= be very busy and noisy)▪By now the party was in full swing.
▪ break up▪The party broke up around midnight.
PARTY + NOUN▪ guest▪ girl▪She is a hard-drinking, non-stop party girl.
PREPOSITION▪ at a/the party▪I was at a party in London that night.
▪ party for▪I'm organizing a surprise party for my sister.
3 group of people working/doing sth togetherADJECTIVE▪ boarding, hunting, landing, raiding, rescue, scouting, search, welcoming, working▪The captain told the crew to prepare to receive a boarding party.
▪ coach (BrE)▪ bridal, wedding▪The wedding party climbed into the carriages.
▪ advance▪An advance party settled at Salem in 1628.
PREPOSITION▪ party of▪She arrived with a party of helpers.
4 person in a legal caseADJECTIVE▪ guilty, innocent▪ aggrieved, injured, wronged▪ offending▪ warring▪ concerned, interested, involved▪First we must notify all the interested parties.
▪ disinterested, neutral▪ third▪You must sign the document in the presence of an independent third party
VERB + PARTY▪ notify▪ be binding on (esp. BrE), bind▪This agreement is binding on both parties.
▪This agreement binds both parties.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
