Antonyms for participation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pahr-tis-uh-pey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : pɑrˌtɪs əˈpeɪ ʃən


Definition of participation

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French participacion (13c.) and directly from Late Latin participationem (nominative participatio) "partaking," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin participare "participate in, share in, partake of; to make partaker, to share, impart," from particeps (genitive participis) "partaker, comrade, fellow soldier," also, as an adjective, "sharing, partaking," from pars (genitive partis) "part" (see part (n.)) + -cip-, weak form of stem of capere "to take" (see capable).
  • noun partnership
Example sentences :
  • And you mean by the word 'participation' a power of doing or suffering?
  • Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
  • And do not 'will be,' 'will become,' 'will have become,' signify a participation of future time?
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • And 'is,' or 'becomes,' signifies a participation of present time?
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • And can that which has no participation in being, either assume or lose being?
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • For 'to be' is the participation of being in present time, 'to have been' in past, 'to be about to be' in future time.
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • Now the participation of fruits shall be ordered on this wise.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • But in this death of Fra Sebastiano I was heated by no participation.
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • He declared that she was entirely innocent of any participation in the scheme of rebellion.
  • Extract from : « Queen Elizabeth » by Jacob Abbott
  • Now, unfortunately in many, if not in all these advantages, we have no participation.
  • Extract from : « Nuts and Nutcrackers » by Charles James Lever
  • For it is by participation of species that we call every sensible object beautiful.
  • Extract from : « An Essay on the Beautiful » by Plotinus

Synonyms for participation

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