Definitions for Participation
pɑrˌtɪs əˈpeɪ ʃənpar·tic·i·pa·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.6 / 11 votes

1. engagement, participation, involvement, involutionnoun

   the act of sharing in the activities of a group

   "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"

2. participation, involvementnoun

   the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.)

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.1 / 13 votes

1. participationnoun

   the act or process of participating

2. participationnoun

   the state of being related to a larger whole

3. participationnoun

   the process during which individuals, groups and organizations are consulted about or have the opportunity to become actively involved in a project or program of activity.

4. participationnoun

   An ownership interest or profit-sharing right.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Participationnoun

   Etymology: participation, Fr. from participate.

   1. The state of sharing something in common.

   Civil society doth more content the nature of man, than any private kind of solitary living; because, in society, this good of mutual participation is so much larger. Richard Hooker.

   Their spirits are so married in conjunction, with the participation of society, that they flock together in consent, like so many wild geese. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   A joint coronation of himself and his queen might give any countenance of participation of title. Francis Bacon.

   2. The act or state of partaking or having part of something.

   All things seek the highest, and covet more or less the participation of God himself. Richard Hooker.

   Those deities are so by participation, and subordinate to the supreme. Edward Stillingfleet.

   What an honour, that God should admit us into such a blessed participation of himself? Francis Atterbury.

   Convince them, that brutes have the least participation of thought, and they retract. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

   Your genius should mount above that mist, in which its participation and neighbourhood with earth long involved it. Alexander Pope.

   3. Distribution; division into shares.

   It sufficeth not, that the country hath wherewith to sustain even more than to live upon it, if means be wanting whereby to drive convenient participation of the general store into a great number of well-deservers. Walter Raleigh.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. participation

   Participation refers to the act of taking part or getting involved in an activity, event, or situation. It can relate to the engagement in discussions, group tasks, community events, democratic processes, or collaborative projects. Participation often implies active contribution or involvement rather than passive observation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.2 / 6 votes

1. Participationnoun

   the act or state of participating, or sharing in common with others; as, a participation in joy or sorrows

2. Participationnoun

   distribution; division into shares

3. Participationnoun

   community; fellowship; association

4. Etymology: [F. participation, L. participatio.]

WikidataRate this definition:3.9 / 7 votes

1. Participation

   Participation in social science refers to different mechanisms for the public to express opinions - and ideally exert influence - regarding political, economic, management or other social decisions. Participatory decision making can take place along any realm of human social activity, including economic, political, management, cultural or familial. For well-informed participation to occur, it is argued that some version of transparency, e.g. radical transparency, is necessary, but not sufficient. It has also been argued that those most affected by a decision should have the most say while those that are least affected should have the least say in a topic.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:3.8 / 4 votes

1. participation

   Play a role

   The crew participated in the production

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on July 2, 2014  

2. ---

   participation

   The act and process of to participate.

   Participation in sport at school is of importance to all schoolchildren.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 11, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Condition
   • Group Action

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Participation' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3535

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Participation' in Nouns Frequency: #1478

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How to pronounce Participation?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say Participation in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Participation in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Participation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Participation in a Sentence

1. Jeremiah Wheeler:

   We need to vote, i don't want to offer any more reasons on why not to vote, whether I feel we're getting the gourmet meal that we rightfully deserve or we're getting some fast food. Participation is key.

2. Trainer Dan Skelton:

   The authorities are working hard to get it back as quickly as possible, this goes wider than just competition and participation though. It is a health thing for horses so we have to put that first and foremost. It's worrying that it is happening in horses that are vaccinated and it's not doing the job. I feel that we are in competent hands and it is being handled really well.

3. President Moon Jae-in:

   Citizens suffered from the coronavirus and they all deserve to be rewarded for their pain and participation in preventive efforts, there is a need for the government to reserve as much financial power to brace for an economic shock with no end in sight and promptly respond to labour market insecurity and any potential corporate liquidity crisis.

4. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei:

   Our people's participation in Friday's election was good.

5. Doug Collins:

   I encouraged him to come to the table, help us out — and this is not an adversarial role from my perspective, i think with their involvement you are going to see a lot more participation.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Participation
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Participation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Participation
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Participation
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Participation
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Participation