participant

[ pahr-tis-uh-puhnt ]

/ pɑrˈtɪs ə pənt /

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noun

a person or group that participates; partaker.

adjective

participating; sharing.

OTHER WORDS FOR participant

1 participator, associate, contributor, colleague.

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Origin of participant

1520–30; <Latin participant- (stem of participāns), present participle of participāre.See participate, -ant

OTHER WORDS FROM participant

par·tic·i·pant·ly, adverbun·par·tic·i·pant, adjective

Words nearby participant

partible, particeps criminis, participable, Participaction, participance, participant, participant observation, participate, participating insurance, participating preferred, participation

How to use participant in a sentence

Sharing materials with participants about three days ahead of time tends to be the best.
Best practices for Zoom board meetings at early-stage startups|Walter Thompson|February 12, 2021|TechCrunch
Milagritos Tapia, a Maryland pediatrics professor who helps coordinate the trials, said the arrangement allows researchers to confirm the vaccine is effective for an especially hard-hit community, while sowing seeds of trust though the participants.
Among Latino immigrants, false vaccine claims are spreading as fast as the virus|Teo Armus|February 11, 2021|Washington Post
After the trial, 33 percent of participants reported they planned to continue feeding their cats meat-rich diets, and 76 percent reported they’d play more with their cats.
Meatier meals and more playtime might reduce cats’ toll on wildlife|Jonathan Lambert|February 11, 2021|Science News
Be an active participant in every moment of the creation of your life, please.
Meet D.C.’s Most Eligible LGBTQ Singles|Staff reports|February 11, 2021|Washington Blade

Pfizer’s 12- to 15-year-old study has enrolled 2,259 participants and Moderna’s adolescent trial is a similar size, aiming for about 3,000 participants.
Fauci: Vaccines for Kids as Young as First Graders Could Be Authorized by September|by Caroline Chen|February 11, 2021|ProPublica
The Moscow protest was not sanctioned, which meant every participant risked arrest.
Russia’s Rebel In Chief Escapes House Arrest|Anna Nemtsova|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He eventually ended up at as a digital producer for Participant Media.
‘Dear White People’: How An Ex-Publicist’s Twitter Became One of the Year’s Most Important Films|Marlow Stern|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To earn a spot on the trip, each participant agreed to raise a minimum of $1,000 to fund critical initiatives at Ninos del Sol.
Motherless Daughters and Parentless Parents Trek to the Andes to Aid Orphans|Allison Gilbert|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pretty much every single participant was complicit in the effort to put on a show.
The Scopes Monkey Trial 2.0: It’s Not About the Stupid Science-Deniers|Michael Schulson|July 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bell argues that Google is “clearly a reluctant participant in what effectively amounts to censorship.”
Should We Have the Right to Be Forgotten Online?|Kyle Chayka|July 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I never had to fight again except as an unwilling participant in our foreign warfare.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Omnes enim unam participant essentiam, ac per hoc, quia omnibus communis est, nullius proprie est.
The Supposed Autographa of John the Scot|Edward Kennard Rand
I do not intend to cross out this statement about the most striking landmark of Paris, the participant in most of my vistas.
Paris Vistas|Helen Davenport Gibbons
Sanctification here becomes deification for every participant in the sacrifice.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt
Only in the case when the two component elements which do not tend to the same end are evil is the participant better than either.
Euthydemus|Plato