7 definitions found for participation

Participation PARTICIPA'TION, n. The state of sharing in common with others; as a participation of joys or sorrows.
1. The act or state of receiving or having part of something.
Those deities are so by participation, and subordinate to the Supreme.
2. Distribution; division into shares.

participation n 1: the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities" [syn: engagement, participation, involvement, involution] [ant: non-engagement, non- involvement, nonparticipation] 2: the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.) [syn: participation, involvement]

participation noun Date: 14th century 1. the act of participating 2. the state of being related to a larger whole

participation see participate

Participation Par*tic`i*pa"tion, n. [F. participation, L. participatio.] 1. The act or state of participating, or sharing in common with others; as, a participation in joy or sorrows. These deities are so by participation. --Bp. Stillingfleet. What an honor, that God should admit us into such a blessed participation of himself! --Atterbury. 2. Distribution; division into shares. [Obs.] --Raleigh. 3. community; fellowship; association. [Obs.] --Shak.

participation n. Partaking.

35 Moby Thesaurus words for "participation": admissibility, admission, affiliation, assimilation, association, companionship, company, completeness, comprehension, comprehensiveness, comprisal, consociation, cooperation, coverage, eligibility, embodiment, embracement, encompassment, envisagement, exhaustiveness, fellowship, fraternity, fraternization, inclusion, inclusiveness, incorporation, membership, openness, partaking, reception, sharing, society, tolerance, toleration, whole