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participation

[pahr-tis-uh-pey-shuhn]

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noun

an act or instance of participating.

the fact of taking part, as in some action or attempt: participation in a celebration.

a sharing, as in benefits or profits: participation in a pension plan.

adjective

of or pertaining to a venture characterized by more than one person, bank, or company participating in risk or profit: a participation loan.

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Participation has a plethora of syllables.

So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:

the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).

(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)

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Origin:
1325–75; < Late Latin participātiōn-, stem of participātiō (see participate, -ion); replacing Middle English participacioun < Anglo-French < Late Latin, as above

Related forms

pre·par·tic·i·pa·tion, noun

un·der·par·tic·i·pa·tion, noun

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Participation in high school science fairs appears to be declining, and many teachers blame the administration's own policy.

Participation in service activities is also required.

Their labor force participation has particularly important implications for the aggregate labor supply.

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Participation in high school science fairs appears to be declining, and many teachers blame the administration's own policy.

Participation in service activities is also required.

Their labor force participation has particularly important implications for the aggregate labor supply.

Due to the enthusiastic response, public participation continues.

Stating this puts the phenomenon of lower female participation in the sciences squarely on women's shoulders.

Silkworm farming, or sericulture, was a backbreaking job that often required the participation of entire families.

Along the way he became the guru of the participation age.

Participation in the federal program promotes bad development and leads to costlier damage.

On the plus side, schoolteachers and college faculty members said their participation in the.

Events, changes at national level are too far away to understand and from point of effective participation.

We will then e-mail you with additional information and web site links regarding project participation back to top.

Here are three expeditions that offer natural beauty, enjoyment and meaningful participation.

Treks vary in duration, amount of participation and route.

At its heart was a new kind of participation that has since developed into an emerging culture based on sharing.

But without full and formal participation by the public, that work will never seem complete.

Canberra wants to do more to increase postsecondary participation by disadvantaged students.

It's effective participation in policymaking that matters.

Proceeds from the sale of the participation kits will help fund the legacy project.

Axtman said such an initiative would require participation from multiple federal agencies and local leaders.

By lowering the barriers to play, more levels of participation can be supported.

For many homeowners, participation in the federal program ends up costing them their house instead of saving it.

The department said it is not worried that participation rates were lower than expected during the programs' first year.

It found that participation in the first bail-out of.

Societal taboos against their participation in sports-especially ones that require physical struggle-limited their opportunities.

What is needed is an experiment conducted entirely by dogs without any participation of humans.

One of the issues that has prevented the full participation of females in math and the sciences is the persistent belief that.

American participation must be necessary for the operation to succeed.

Participation in service activities that further the campus mission is also expected.

Though this does not yet make him an official entrant into the race, his participation now seems all but certain.

Kids will earn a special participation badge for each event they attend.

As workers prosper, their participation in production diminishes and their consumption of resources increases.

Participation is key, however, as the data becomes more reliable as more drivers and riders participate.

Take on a variety of special projects and activities including committee participation as an adviser or chair.

He spoke of the need for more transparency and greater public participation.

He pointed to the rediscovery of an old-school campaign strategy as one major reason for this year's increased participation.

My participation was a little bit of an experiment, and it was satisfying.

We simply wanted to lower the barrier of participation for everyone in the newsroom.

I've gained a great deal from my participation in the program.

In the process, they are among the first of their generation to dabble with political participation.

Discuss the purpose of these programs with your children to encourage their participation.

Participating in online discussions must be rewarded in school and on networks to encourage more participation.

He fears that his student visa would be revoked if his past participation in the scam were publicly revealed.

Some crime experts believe all the country's major kidnap gangs rely in part on the participation of the police.

Evaluate student participation in each activity from the lesson, as well as their summaries, based on the following:.

Feedback regarding the subjects true level of participation is poor.

Without equal participation from women, those technologies might be unappealing or simply not work for women.

Furthermore, the fall in unemployment might have as much to do with the low participation rate as with job creation.

Additionally, teachers can evaluate students on their participation in the culminating brainstorming activity.

But are you willing to admit your participation was driven by the fraudulent submissions.

Instead, they say their participation in medical research was a way to slap their disease with its own death sentence.

One reason for the gap is that private-sector participation has been lower than expected.

Another issue is how involved these studies are: the easier for participants, the more likely participation.

Some seem to fear that participation in eMusic could represents support.

He also regularly exceeds the minimum participation requirement, as do other top-ten players.

Those other people are peers, and their participation is a kind of review.

The labour force participation rate has not been rising, and the average duration of unemployment continues to increase.

To support your child's explorations, use productive questions to guide their participation in science activities.

Their formal participation in politics remains limited but they were on the front-line of the recent protests.

Such new participation of chemists is healthy to science s develolpment.

But the backlash against bail-outs was so intense that it attached stringent conditions that deterred participation.

No prerequisites exist for participation in our community.

Tags: kids and science, philanthropy, reader participation.

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World English Dictionary

participate (pɑːˈtɪsɪˌpeɪt)

—vb (often foll by in)
	to take part, be or become actively involved, or share (in)

[C16: from Latin participāre, from parspart + capere to take]

par'ticipant

—*adj*, —n

partici'pation

—n

par'ticipator

—n

par'ticipatory

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

participation

late 14c., from O.Fr. participation (13c.), from L.L. participationem (nom. participatio), noun of action from pp. stem of L. participare "participate," from particeps (gen. participis) "partaker," from pars (gen. partis) "part" (see part (n.)) + root of capere "to take" (see

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capable). Participatory is attested from 1881; participatory democracy is from 1968.

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"Now all the knowledge and wisdom that is in creatures, whether angels or men, is nothing else but a participation of that one eternal, immutable and increated wisdom of God, or several signatures of that one archetypal seal, or like so many multiplied reflections of one and the same face, made in several glasses, whereof some are clearer, some obscurer, some standing nearer, some further off."

-Ralph J. Cudworth

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