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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pahr-tis-uh-puhnt
Phonetic Transcription : pɑrˈtɪs ə pənt



Definition of participant

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Latin participantem (nominative participans), present participle of participare "to share in, partake of," from particeps "sharing, partaking" (see participation).
  • noun person who takes part in activity
Example sentences :
  • A madder journey than Jim could have conceived of, had he not been a participant in it.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
  • Better, he urged, to be umpire than participant in so ungrateful a contest.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird
  • If he could not be a participant, he would at least witness the battle.
  • Extract from : « A Son of the City » by Herman Gastrell Seely
  • He was to do his part; but it was as a hastener rather than a participant in the struggle.
  • Extract from : « John Brown: A Retrospect » by Alfred Roe
  • As a participant, I may say that the company had the air of a band of conspirators.
  • Extract from : « History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) » by Various
  • But it was not known that the school-master was a participant in the fight, or even present on the spot.
  • Extract from : « Cressy » by Bret Harte
  • How can an unconscious patient be a participant in a nursing situation?
  • Extract from : « Nursing as Caring » by Anne Boykin
  • He is thought to have been a participant in some of the later cruises.
  • Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery » by Justin Winsor
  • Later he became a participant in and victim of the French Revolution.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Opera Book » by Gustav Kobb
  • He will renew his life only so far as to be a spectator, not a participant.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Julian Hawthorne

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