1. participation(n = noun.act) engagement, involution, involvement - the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"
is a kind of group action
has particulars: commitment, intercession, intervention, group participation
Antonym: nonparticipation
Derived forms verb participate2, verb participate1
2. participation(n = noun.state) involvement - the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.);
is a kind of condition, status
Derived forms verb participate2, verb participate1
1. The act or state of participating, or sharing in common with others; as, a participation in joy or sorrows. [1913 Webster]
"These deities are so by participation." [1913 Webster]
"What an honor, that God should admit us into such a blessed participation of himself!" [1913 Webster]
2. Distribution; division into shares. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
3. Community; fellowship; association. Shak. [1913 Webster]
N cooperation, coadjuvancy, coadjutancy, coagency, coefficiency, concert, concurrence, complicity, participation, union, additivity, combination, collusion, association, alliance, colleagueship, joint stock, copartnership, cartel, confederation, coalition, fusion, a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together, logrolling, freemasonry, unanimity, esprit de corps, party spirit, clanship, partisanship, concord, synergy, coaction, cooperating, in cooperation, in league, coadjuvant, coadjutant, dyed in the wool, cooperative, additive, participative, coactive, synergetic, synergistic, favorable to, unopposed, as one, shoulder to shoulder, synergistically, cooperatively, due teste valgono piu che una sola.
N participation, cotenancy, joint tenancy, occupancy in common, possession in common, tenancy in common, joint stock, common stock, co-partnership, partnership, communion, community of possessions, community of goods, communism, socialism, cooperation, snacks, coportion, picnic, hotchpot, co-heirship, co-parceny, co- parcenary, gavelkind, participator, sharer, co-partner, partner, shareholder, co-tenant, joint tenant, tenants in common, co-heir, co-parcener, communist, socialist, partaking, communistic, share and share alike.
group participation, loan participation, participation financing, participation loan