Party Definition–noun | 1. | a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party. | | 2. | a group gathered for a special purpose or task: a fishing party; a search party. | | 3. | a detachment, squad, or detail of troops assigned to perform some particular mission or service. | | 4. | a group of persons with common purposes or opinions who support one side of a dispute, question, debate, etc. | | 5. | a group of persons with common political opinions and purposes organized for gaining political influence and governmental control and for directing government policy: the Republican party; the Democratic party. | | 6. | the system of taking sides on public or political questions or the like. | | 7. | attachment or devotion to one side or faction; partisanship: to put considerations of party first. | | 8. | Law. | a. | one of the litigants in a legal proceeding; a plaintiff or defendant in a suit. | | b. | a signatory to a legal instrument. | | c. | a person participating in or otherwise privy to a crime. | | | 9. | a person or group that participates in some action, affair, plan, etc.; participant: He was a party to the merger deal. | | 10. | the person under consideration;
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a specific individual: Look at the party in the green velvet shorts. | | 11. | a person or, usually, two or more persons together patronizing a restaurant, attending a social or cultural function, etc.: The headwaiter asked how many were in our party; a party of 12 French physicists touring the labs; a party of one at the small table. | | 12. | a person participating in a telephone conversation: I have your party on the line. | | 13. | any occasion or activity likened to a social party, as specified; session: The couple in the next apartment are having their usual dish-throwing party. | | 14. | an advantageous or pleasurable situation or combination of circumstances of some duration and often of questionable character; period of content, license, exemption, etc.: The police broke in and suddenly the party was over for the nation's most notorious gunman. | –adjective | 15. | of or pertaining to a party or faction; partisan: party leaders. | | 16. | of or for a social gathering: her new party dress. | | 17. | being shared by or pertaining to two or more persons or things. | | 18. | Heraldry. (of an escutcheon) having the field divided into a number of parts, usually two; parted. | –verb (used without object) Informal. | 19. | to go to or give parties, esp. a series of parties. | | 20. | to enjoy oneself thoroughly and without restraint; indulge in pleasure. | |
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Favor Definition–noun | 1. | something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor. | | 2. | friendly or well-disposed regard; goodwill: to wi
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n the favor of the king. | | 3. | the state of being approved or held in regard: to be in favor at court; styles that are now in favor. | | 4. | excessive kindness or unfair partiality; preferential treatment: to treat some people with favor and others with neglect. | | 5. | a gift bestowed as a token of goodwill, kind regard, love, etc., as formerly upon a knight by his lady. | | 6. | a ribbon, badge, etc., worn in evidence of goodwill or loyalty, as by an adherent of a political party. | | 7. | a small gift or decorative or festive item, as a noisemak
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er or paper hat, often distributed to guests at a party. | | 8. | Usually, favors. sexual intimacy, esp. as permitted by a woman. | | 9. | Archaic. a letter, esp. a commercial one. | –verb (used with object) | 10. | to regard with favor: to favor an enterprise. | | 11. | to prefer; treat with partiality: The father favored his younger son. | | 12. | to show favor to; oblige: The king favored him with an audience. | | 13. | to be favorable to; facilitate: The wind favored their journey. | | 14. | to deal with, treat, or use gently: to favor a lame leg. | | 15. | to aid or support: He favored his party's cause with ample funds. | | 16. | to bear a physical resemblance to; resemble: to favor one's father's side of the family. | —Idioms | 17. | find favor with, to gain the favor of; be liked by: The play found favor with the opening-night audience. | | 18. | in favor of, | a. | on the side of; in support of: to be in favor of reduced taxation. | | c. | (of a check, draft, etc.) payable to: Make out your checks in favor of the corporation. | | | 19. | in one's favor, to one's credit or advantage: All the comments were in your favor. | | 20. | out of favor, no longer liked or approved; no longer popular or fashionable: He's out of favor with the president and may soon be fired. | |
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Idea Definition–noun | 1. | any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity. | | 2. | a thought, conception, or notion: That is an excellent idea. | | 3. | an impression: He gave me a general idea of how he plans to run the department. | | 4. | an opinion, view, or belief: His ideas on raising children are certainly strange. | | 5. | a plan of action; an intention: the idea of becoming an engineer. | | 6. | a groundless supposition; fantasy. | | 7. | Philosophy. | a. | a concept developed by the mind. | | b. | a conception of what is desirable or ought to be; ideal. | | c. | (initial capital letter ) Platonism. Also called form. an archetype or pattern of which the individual objects in any natural class are imperfect copies and from which they derive their being. | | | 8. | Music. a theme, phrase, or figure. | |
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