participate
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participate
- /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/ UK
- /pɑɹˈtɪs.əˌpeɪt/ Canada, US
- /pɐːˈtɪs.ə.pæɪt/ Australia
- /pɐːˈtəs.ə.pæɪt/ New Zealand
Where it comes from
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.
verb participates · participating · participated
- To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something). For the second year, foreign amateur runners were allowed to participate in a 10-kilometer race, a half-marathon or a full marathon in Pyongyang, the capital. The races were a part of the April 15 birthday celebration of Kim Il-sung, the former leader of North Korea and father of his successors: Kim
- To share, to take part in (something). A spirit I am indeed; But am in that dimension grossly clad Which from the womb I did participate.
- To share (something) with others; to transfer (something) to or unto others. 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 participa
adjective
- Acting in common; participating. And, mutually participate, did minister Unto the appetite and affection common Of the whole body.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: take part, enter, partake, involvement, participant, participation, participatory, contribute, access, apply, contribution, open, make, undertake, attendance, assist
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verb to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
| Español | participar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 참가하다 chamgahada |
| 日本語 | 参加する sanka suru |
| 中文 | 參加 /参加 cānjiā |
| हिन्दी | भाग लेना bhāg lenā, हिस्सा लेना hissā lenā, शराकत करना śarākat karnā |
| Kiswahili | shiriki |
| Português | participar |
| Français | participer (à), prendre part |
| Deutsch | teilnehmen, sich beteiligen |
| Italiano | partecipare (a) |
| Ελληνικά | συμμετέχω symmetécho |
| Română | participa |
| Русский | уча́ствовать učástvovatʹ, принима́ть уча́стие prinimátʹ učástije, приня́ть уча́стие prinjátʹ učástije |
| Tiếng Việt | tham gia |
| العربية | شَارَكَ šāraka, سَاهَمَ sāhama, اِشْتَرَكَ ištaraka |
| עברית | השתתף hishtatéf |
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title = {participate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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