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.

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  

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   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

How to pronounce participation?

1. Alex

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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. Richard Budgett:

   To put it in a nutshell, the IOC had a scientific consensus back in 2015, there are no IOC rules or regulations around transgender participation. That depends on each international federation. So Laurel Hubbard is a woman, and is competing under the rules of her federation, and we have to pay tribute to her courage and tenacity in actually competing and qualifying for The Olympic Games.

2. Athletics Canada:

   On Friday June 17, the IAAF Council will make a transformative decision for our global athletics community when the Council meets to decide whether the Russian Athletics Federation will be reinstated to allow participation in the Rio Games, while we acknowledge some modest progress has been made in Russia, Athletics Canada feels strongly there is little evidence of a reversal in a systematic and deep rooted doping culture in Russian Athletics, and therefore there is no justification to grant re-inclusion.

3. Vladimir Osechkin:

   He was afraid he will be executed in the same manner as Yevgeny Nuzhin – with a sledgehammer. We, as human-rights defenders, decided to help him and protect his life. we are not trying to justify his actions in relation to his participation in Wagner Group. But it should be understood that he decided to flee Wagner Group as terrorist organization which kills both Russians and Ukrainians.

4. German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer:

   I can't see how we can set up a 5G network in Germany in the short term without the participation of Huawei.

5. Mayor Steve Benjamin:

   I am excited to welcome presidential candidates to a criminal justice forum dialogue which will allow Benedict College students and the wider community to have full participation, i want to be clear that the Candidate Forums are hosted by myself and Benedict College. This portion of the weekend is not a 20/20 Presidential Justice Center event.

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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. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/participation
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=participation