Participation
[pɑː,tɪsɪ'peɪʃn] or [pɑr,tɪsɪ'peʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.).
Typist: Mag--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or state of participating, or sharing in common with others; as, a participation in joy or sorrows.
(n.) Distribution; division into shares.
(n.) community; fellowship; association.
Checker: Wayne
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Partaking.
Checked by Charlie
Examples
- Mr. Sikes, being disappointed of the dog's participation, at once transferred his share in the quarrel to the new comer. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Nevertheless, these central regions of the world remain central, and their welfare and participation is necessary to the permanent peace of mankind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She deposited her appalling doubts in my hands; she relied on my judgment, and was comforted by my participation in her sorrow. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It has been observed that her young family are excluded from participation in the objects to which she is devoted. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If ever there was a symptom that this nation needed leisure and direct participation in games, it is that poor scrawny substitute for joy--the baseball extra. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The highest end of man is not human but divine--participation in pure knowing which constitutes the divine life. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I sincerely believe him to be as innocent of any participation in it as I am, but these are all reasons for suspicion falling upon him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Edited by Bryan