# participate

Pronunciation: US say "par-TIS-uh-payt" /pɑɹˈtɪsəˌpeɪt/; UK say "pah-TIS-i-payt" /pɑːˈtɪsɪpeɪt/

## Verb

1. To take part in an activity or event, involving yourself together with others.
   - Simple: To join in and take part in an activity along with other people.
   - _Local residents participate in cleaning up the river every spring._
   - _Only members who participate regularly are eligible to vote._

## Verb

2. To share in or partake of something, taking part in it directly. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To share in something or take part in it together with others.
3. To share something out among others, or to hand it over or transfer it to them. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To give part of something to other people, or pass it on to them.

## Adjective

Pronunciation: US say "par-TIS-uh-puht" /pɑɹˈtɪsəpət/; UK say "pah-TIS-i-puht" /pɑːˈtɪsɪpət/

4. Acting in common with others; sharing or taking part jointly. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Acting together with others and sharing in something as a group.

## Origin

This word was borrowed from Latin participātus, from the verb participō ("to take part in, share in"). That came from particeps ("someone who takes part, sharing in"), formed from pars ("part") plus -ceps ("which takes, taker"), literally "someone who takes part." Old English had an earlier calque of the same Latin verb, dǣlniman ("to participate").

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