participate
Meanings
Verb
- share in something
- become a participant; be involved in
- To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something).
- To share, to take part in (something).
- To share (something) with others; to transfer (something) to or unto others.
Adj
- Acting in common; participating.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
enter, take part
Antonyms
drop out
Scrabble Score: 17
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