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participate

USpar-TIS-uh-payt/pɑɹˈtɪsəˌpeɪt/UKpah-TIS-i-payt/pɑːˈtɪsɪpeɪt/
As an adjectivepar-TIS-uh-puht

Formsparticipates, participating, participated

4 meanings of participate

Practice

  1. 1
    verbintransitive
    To join in and take part in an activity along with other people.

    Like joining a game instead of just watching from the side.

    All students can participate in the science fair this year.

    She didn't want to participate, so she watched from the side.

    Similarengage, contribute, join

    Oppositeabstain

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  2. 2
    verbobsoletetransitive
    To share in something or take part in it together with others.
    A spirit I am indeed; But am in that dimension grossly clad Which from the womb I did participate.
    c. 1601, William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”Here, participate means share in or receive, the body he has had since birth.
    In what country on the globe is it, that in the class of mankind doomed to labour, we shall not find tribes, the women of which participate the toils of the men?
    1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the MaroonsHere, participate means share in, so the women share the men's hard work.
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  3. 3
    verbobsolete
    To give part of something to other people, or pass it on to them.
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Less common meaning

  1. 4
    adjectiveobsolete
    Acting together with others and sharing in something as a group.
    And, mutually participate, did minister Unto the appetite and affection common Of the whole body.
    c. 1608, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”Here, participate means sharing or working together, all parts acting as one.
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Origin

It comes from Latin participare, meaning "to take part in" or "to share in." This came from particeps, "someone who takes part," built from pars ("part").