adj · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/
Canada, General-American:/pɑɹˈtɪs.əˌpeɪt/
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Australian:/pɐːˈtɪs.ə.pæɪt/
New-Zealand:/pɐːˈtəs.ə.pæɪt/
CMU ARPABET:P AA0 R T IH1 S AH0 P EY2 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Acting in common; participating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To share, to take part in (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To share (something) with others; to transfer (something) to or unto others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
1661, Thomas Salusbury, Galilaeus Galilaeus Lyncaeus, His Systeme of the World, Second Dialogue, in Mathematical Collections and Translations, London, p. 105, Make the Earth [...] turn round its own axis in twenty four hours, and towards the same point with all the other Spheres; and without participating this same motion to any other Planet or Star, all shall have their risings, settings, and in a word, all their other appearances.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
become a participant; be involved in
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
enter a race
enter an agreement
enter a drug treatment program
enter negotiations
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: enter
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: jump
6
verb
Meaning 6
share in something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: take part
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: act, move
Narrower terms: partake in
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin participātus, the perfect passive participle of participō (“to take part in, share in, give part in, impart”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from particeps (“taking part (in), sharing (in); someone who takes part (in)”, particip- in compounds), from pars (“part”, part- in compounds) + -ceps (“which takes, taker”), literally “(someone) who takes part”; see part and capable. Compare Old English dǣlniman (“to participate”), an earlier calque of the same Latin verb.
Across languages
Translations
118 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
شَارَكَ
(šāraka)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Arabic:
سَاهَمَ
(sāhama)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Arabic:
اِشْتَرَكَ
(ištaraka)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Armenian:
մասնակցել
(masnakcʻel)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Asturian:
participar
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Azerbaijani:
iştirak etmək
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Belarusian:
браць удзе́л
(bracʹ udzjél)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Belarusian:
ўзяць удзе́л
(wzjacʹ udzjél)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Bulgarian:
уча́ствувам
(učástvuvam)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Bulgarian:
взе́мам уча́стие
(vzémam učástie)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Bulgarian:
взе́ма уча́стие
(vzéma učástie)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Burmese:
နွှဲ
(hnwai:)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Burmese:
ယှဉ်နွှဲ
(hyanyhnwai:)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Burmese:
ဆင်နွှဲ
(hcanghnwai:)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Burmese:
ဖင့်နွှဲ
(hpang.hnwai:)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Catalan:
participar
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Chinese Cantonese:
參加 /参加
(caam1 gaa1)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Chinese:
參加 /参加
(zh-min-nan)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Chinese Mandarin:
參加 /参加
(cānjiā)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Czech:
účastnit se
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Czech:
zúčastnit se
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Danish:
deltage
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Danish:
participere
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Dutch:
meedoen
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Dutch:
deelnemen
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Dutch:
participeren
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Esperanto:
partopreni
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Estonian:
osa võtma
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Estonian:
osalema
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Finnish:
osallistua
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Finnish:
ottaa osaa
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
French:
participer (à)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
French:
prendre part
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
West-Frisian:
meidwaan
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
West-Frisian:
dielnimme
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
West-Frisian:
partisipearje
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Galician:
participar
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Georgian:
მონაწილეობა
(monac̣ileoba)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
German:
teilnehmen
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
German:
sich beteiligen
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Gothic:
𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽
(fairaihan)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Greek:
συμμετέχω
(symmetécho)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Ancient Greek:
μετέχω
(metékhō)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Haitian Creole:
patisipe
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Hebrew:
השתתף
(hishtatéf)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Hindi:
भाग लेना
(bhāg lenā)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Hindi:
हिस्सा लेना
(hissā lenā)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Hindi:
शराकत करना
(śarākat karnā)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Hungarian:
részt vesz
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Hungarian:
közreműködik
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Icelandic:
taka þátt
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Ido:
partoprenar
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Irish:
rannpháirtigh
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Italian:
partecipare (a)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Japanese:
参加する
(sanka suru)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Kazakh:
қатысу
(qatysu)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Khmer:
ចូលរួម
(coul ruəm)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Khmer:
មូត
(muut)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Khmer:
រួម
(ruəm)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Khmer:
ចូលដៃ
(coul day)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Korean:
참가하다
(chamgahada)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Kyrgyz:
катышуу
(katışuu)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Lao:
ເຂົ້າຮ່ວມ
(khao hūam)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Lao:
ຮ່ວມ
(hūam)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Lao:
ເລົ່າ
(lao)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Latin:
participō
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Latvian:
piedalīties
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Lingala:
kaba
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Lingala:
kabola
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Lithuanian:
dalyvauti
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Macedonian:
учествува
(učestvuva)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Malay:
menyertai
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Maltese:
ipparteċipa
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Māori:
uru
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Mongolian:
оролцох
(orolcox)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Norwegian Bokmål:
delta
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Old English:
dǣlniman
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Old English:
drēogan
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Persian:
شرکت کردن
(šerkat kardan)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Persian:
شرکتادن
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Polish:
uczestniczyć
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Polish:
brać udział
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Polish:
wziąć udział
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Portuguese:
participar
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Romanian:
participa
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Russian:
уча́ствовать
(učástvovatʹ)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Russian:
принима́ть уча́стие
(prinimátʹ učástije)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Russian:
приня́ть уча́стие
(prinjátʹ učástije)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Sanskrit:
सचते
(sacate)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Serbo-Croatian:
у̀чествовати
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Serbo-Croatian:
ùčestvovati
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Slovak:
zúčastňovať sa
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Slovak:
zúčastniť sa
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Slovene:
udeleževati se
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Slovene:
udeležiti se
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Sotho:
ho nka karolo
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Spanish:
participar
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Swahili:
shiriki
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Swedish:
delta
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Swedish:
deltaga
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Tajik:
иштирок кардан
(ištirok kardan)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Tajik:
ширкат кардан
(širkat kardan)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Tamil:
கலந்துகொள்
(kalantukoḷ)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Tatar:
катнашырга
(qatnaşırğa)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Tày:
cáp
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Teke-Tege:
kaba
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Thai:
เข้าร่วม
(kâo-rûuam)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Thai:
ร่วมมือ
(rûuam-mʉʉ)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Thai:
ร่วม
(rûuam)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Turkish:
katılmak
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Turkish:
iştirak etmek
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Ukrainian:
бра́ти у́часть
(bráty účastʹ)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Ukrainian:
взя́ти у́часть
(vzjáty účastʹ)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Urdu:
اشتراک کرنا
(iśtirāk karnā)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Urdu:
شراکت کرنا
(śarākat karnā)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Uzbek:
ishtiroq etmoq
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Vietnamese:
tham gia
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
Yiddish:
אָנטייל נעמען
(onteyl nemen)
— to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
