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say it: PAHR-tee
party is a noun and verb meaning "an organization to gain political power". It is pronounced /ˈpɑɹti/ — PAHR-tee. It carries 6 recorded senses.
an organization to gain political power
“in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level”
a group of people gathered together for pleasure
“she joined the party after dinner”
a band of people associated temporarily in some activity
“they organized a party to search for food”
“the company of cooks walked into the kitchen”
an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment
“he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for party come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.