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

Princeton's WordNet(3.64 / 11 votes)Rate this definition:

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.)

Wiktionary(4.08 / 13 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

Webster Dictionary(2.17 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Participationnoun

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

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

2. Participationnoun

   distribution; division into shares

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

3. Participationnoun

   community; fellowship; association

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

Freebase(3.85 / 7 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Contribution(3.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

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

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

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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. Stacey Mickles:

   Kids in the U.S. have the opportunity to get top notch educations through athletics scholarships, plus, sports help build self-esteem, so schools encourage athletic participation.

2. Vladimir Putin:

   The American partners have declared that they suspend their participation in the deal, we suspend it as well.

3. Margareta Matache:

   This process to rename the G moth can serve as a truly effective practice on how to create better common names and ensure substantive and just participation of the affected communities in the process.

4. Arnie Alpert:

   We’re actually practicing what a real system is like that is based on the actual participation of voters and citizens in the process and determining what the issues are and really insisting the candidates pay attention to us at the center of the process.

5. President Thomas Bach:

   With the case of Stepanova we had to take a very difficult decision like with the participation of any Russian athlete, we have to take all into consideration and also respect the Olympic Charter. It was not easy.

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