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par·tic·i·pant

(pär-tĭs′ə-pənt)

One that participates, shares, or takes part in something.

adj.

Sharing in or taking part; participating.

par·tic′i·pance n.

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par•tic•i•pant

(pɑrˈtɪs ə pənt)

n.

1. a person or group that participates.

adj.

2. participating; sharing.

[1520–30; < Latin]

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Noun	1.	participant - someone who takes part in an activity attendee, meeter, attendant, attender - a person who is present and participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees" discussant - a participant in a formal discussion associate - a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor; "he had to consult his associate before continuing" bride - a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony groom, bridegroom - a man participant in his own marriage ceremony masker, masquer, masquerader - a participant in a masquerade partaker, sharer - someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share player - an important participant (as in a business deal); "he was a major player in setting up the corporation" retreatant - a participant in a religious retreat
	2.	participant - a person who participates in or is skilled at some game player contestant - a person who participates in competitions ballplayer, baseball player - an athlete who plays baseball billiard player - someone who plays billiards bowler - a player who rolls balls down an alley at pins card player - someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games chess player - someone who plays the game of chess dart player - someone who plays the game of darts football player, footballer - an athlete who plays American football golf player, golfer, linksman - someone who plays the game of golf grandmaster - a player of exceptional or world class skill in chess or bridge hockey player, ice-hockey player - an athlete who plays hockey lacrosse player - an athlete who plays lacrosse most valuable player, MVP - the player judged to be the most important to the sport playmaker - a player in a team sport who leads attacks or maneuvers in such a way that a teammate can score pool player - someone who shoots pool scorer - a player who makes a score in a game or contest seeded player, seed - one of the outstanding players in a tournament server - (court games) the player who serves to start a point shooter - (sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket) soccer player - an athlete who plays soccer stringer - a member of a squad on a team; "a first stringer"; "a second stringer" tennis player - an athlete who plays tennis volleyball player - someone who plays the game of volleyball

participant

noun participator, party, member, player, associate, shareholder, contributor, stakeholder, partaker He was a reluctant participant in the proceedings.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

participant

noun

One who participates:

actor, party, player.

Translations

účastník-ice

deltager

Teilnehmer Teilnehmerin

participante

osallistujaosanottaja

participant participante

rész vevő

òátttakandi

udeleženec

deltagare

katılımcı

participant

[pɑːˈtɪsɪpənt] N (in debate, fight, argument) → participante mf; (in competition) → concursante mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

participant

[pɑː^rˈtɪsɪpənt] n → participant(e) m/f
the course participants, the participants on the course → les participants au stage
an active participant → un participant actif

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

participant

n → Teilnehmer(in) m(f) (→ in +gen, → an +dat); (in scuffle etc) → Beteiligte(r) mf (→ in +gen, → an +dat); the bank will not be a participant in this project → die Bank wird sich nicht an diesem Vorhaben beteiligen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

participant

[pɑːˈtɪsɪpənt] n participant (in) → partecipante m/f (a)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

participate

(paːˈtisipeit) verb

to be one of a group of people actively doing something. Did you participate in the discussion?

parˌticiˈpation noun

parˈticipant, parˈticipator nouns

a person who participates (in a particular activity). the participants in the Olympic Games.

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