ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsPparticipate
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participate
Meaning: to take part in an activity
participate in a sentence
How participate is used in real sentences:
Every student had a chance to participate in the discussion.
Several students chose to participate in the debate.
“Coach Bell had invited her to participate in the county summer games, so she had joined every practice.”
— from the passage Ten Tests Ahead
Synonyms for participate
Other words for participate — take part, join and engage — carry the same meaning.
- take part
- join
- engage
Antonyms of participate
Words that mean the opposite of participate:
- withdraw
- abstain
Where it comes from
From Latin participare 'to share in', from particeps 'partaker' (pars 'part' + capere 'to take').
Memory hook
Participate means taking a part in the activity.
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