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

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

1. engagement, participation, involvement, involution(noun)

   the act of sharing in the activities of a group

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

2. participation, involvement(noun)

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

Wiktionary(4.00 / 12 votes)Rate this definition:

1. participation(Noun)

   the act or process of participating

2. participation(Noun)

   the state of being related to a larger whole

3. participation(Noun)

   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. participation(Noun)

   An ownership interest or profit-sharing right.

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

1. Participation(noun)

   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. Participation(noun)

   distribution; division into shares

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

3. Participation(noun)

   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  

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

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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. Nick Parsons:

   The midnight deadline for Europe seems a long way away, overnight we have a traditional risk-on mood, but there is a general wariness that is crimping investor participation in the market. The order flow really is very thin.

2. Mark Hyman:

   And 6-year-old children getting participation trophies to me is not a problem that deserves a lot of our attention or concern.

3. Adriana Beltrn:

   I think it was evident that the corrupt sectors in Guatemala came together to prevent (Aldanas) participation at all costs.

4. Fadi Ahmad:

   The regime is trying to storm the area, with the participation of Russian helicopters and Sukhoi (warplanes).

5. Jeff Zients:

   People want to work. In fact, labor force participation, those people who are looking for jobs, went up last month.

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