PARTICIPATE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of participate in English participateverb [ I ] uk /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/ us /pɑːrˈtɪs.ə.peɪt/ Add to word list Add to word list B2 to take part in or become involved in an activity: She never participates in any of our discussions, does she?

• Kate has always participated fully in the life of the school.
• As a child he was very much an outsider, never participating in the games other children played.
• Flags of all the participating countries are flying outside the stadium.
• We want to encourage members to participate fully in the running of the club.
• Details of the offer are available at all participating restaurants.

Taking part and getting involved

• actor
• all in
• along
• attendee
• be (a) party to something idiom
• engage
• hat
• have a dog in the fight idiom
• have a hand in something/doing something
• have a horse in the race idiom
• have skin in the game idiom
• mess
• muscle
• participation
• participatory
• pitch in phrasal verb
• plunge
• plunge in/plunge into something phrasal verb
• punch
• thick

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participatory (Definition of participate from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

participate | American Dictionary

participateverb [ I ] us /pɑrˈtɪs·əˌpeɪt/ Add to word list Add to word list to be or become involved in an activity: The teacher tries to get everyone to participate in the classroom discussion.

participation

noun [ U ] us /pɑrˌtɪs·əˈpeɪ·ʃən/ Participation in the program was voluntary.

participatory

adjective us/pɑrˈtɪs·ə·pəˌtɔr·i, -ˌtoʊr·i/ Participatory sports are becoming more popular. (Definition of participate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

participate | Business English

participateverb [ I ] uk /pɑːˈtɪsɪpeɪt/ us Add to word list Add to word list to take part in an event or activity: participate in sth All staff are encouraged to participate in the project. Several hotels are participating in the program. FINANCE to receive a share of the profits of a company: participate in sth All our employees participate in profits, when there are any. (Definition of participate from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of participate

participate Economic returns from these projects may provide a strong incentive for such countries to participate. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, no punitive measures can be taken against a laboratory that refuses to participate. From the Cambridge English Corpus Only nine subjects actively refused to participate in the study; the others were lost to follow-up or failed to return the consent form. From the Cambridge English Corpus In addition, 5 participants died, 5 participants reported being too ill to participate, and 3 were lost due to relocation or other reasons. From the Cambridge English Corpus For the validation, complete medical records were requested for each patient from the participating hospitals for the 12-week study period. From the Cambridge English Corpus Their families, recruited from local birth records, had agreed to participate with their children in a longitudinal study of language development. From the Cambridge English Corpus The authors would like to thank all the participants who took the time to complete the questionnaire and those who participated in the interviews. From the Cambridge English Corpus One hundred took part in the similarity-rating task, another 100 participated in the translation-elicitation task, and the remaining 50 took part in the imageability-rating task. From the Cambridge English Corpus People can obtain things they want by participating in these practices. From the Cambridge English Corpus Two hundred and sixty students participated in the action-research study. From the Cambridge English Corpus Of the initially eligible students, 95.3 % participated in the study. From the Cambridge English Corpus In addition, 16 college age students participated in the adult study. From the Cambridge English Corpus Not much influence because of lack of organization, understanding of issues, and means to participate and influence reforms. From the Cambridge English Corpus To be eligible to participate, families had to have at least one child and both parents had to work outside the home. From the Cambridge English Corpus All participating pharmacists received training in the provision of pharmaceutical care. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of participate?

Translations of participate

in Chinese (Traditional) 參與，參加… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 参与，参加… See more in Spanish participar… See more in Portuguese participar… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian भाग घेणे… See more （活動などに）参加する, 加わる, 参加（さんか）する… See more katılmak, iştirak etmek, yer almak… See more participer, participer (à)… See more participar… See more deelnemen… See more गतिविधि में भाग लेना… See more કોઈ પ્રવૃત્તિમાં ભાગ લેવો કે સામેલ થવું.… See more deltage… See more delta… See more menyertai… See more teilnehmen… See more delta, være med, ta del (i)… See more حصہ لینا… See more брати участь… See more ఒక పనిలో పాల్గొను లేదా దానిలో భాగం అగు… See more কোনো কার্যকলাপে অংশ নেওয়া অথবা জড়িত হওয়া… See more zúčastnit se… See more berperan serta… See more มีส่วนร่วม… See more tham dự… See more uczestniczyć, brać udział… See more 참여하다… See more partecipare… See more Need a translator?

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