PARTICIPATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does participate mean? 

• PARTICIPATE (verb)
  The verb PARTICIPATE has 2 senses:

1. share in something

2. become a participant; be involved in

  Familiarity information: PARTICIPATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARTICIPATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they participate    ... he / she / it participates   
Past simple: participated   
Past participle: participated   
-ing form: participating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Share in something

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

participate; take part

Hypernyms (to "participate" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "participate"):

partake in (be active in)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

participation (the act of sharing in the activities of a group)

participation (the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become a participant; be involved in

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

enter; participate

Context example:

enter negotiations

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "participate"):

jump (enter eagerly into)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

participant (someone who takes part in an activity)

participation (the act of sharing in the activities of a group)

participation (the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.))

participatory (affording the opportunity for individual participation)

 Context examples 

A gene that encodes a microRNA, which participates in the regulation of gene expression.

(MicroRNA Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

It is possible that the children who were eventually scanned had more moderate symptoms and, therefore, were better suited to participate in the study.

(Atypical brain development observed in preschoolers with ADHD symptoms, National Institutes of Health)

Issue associated with the degree to which an antibody or antigen participates in cross reactions.

(Cross Reactivity Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

In the third experiment, they asked farmers to participate in the research.

(New Test Can Determine Nitrogen Levels in Soil, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Mitochondria participate in apoptotic signaling pathways through the release of mitochondrial proteins into the cytoplasm.

(Mitochondria in Apoptotic Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Those who participated in the research were observed for two days.

(Music believed to boost hypertension treatment, Agência Brasil/EBC)

The researchers analyzed blood test results of children who participated in a studies of obesity.

(Researchers identify method to verify if children fasted before medical testing, National Institutes of Health)

Twelve participating institutions are located in the United States, Canada, and Australia.

(Cooperative Family Registry, NCI Thesaurus)

A person volunteering to participate as a subject in a clinical trial, often a healthy person agreeing to participate in a Phase 1 trial.

(Clinical Trial Subject, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

B cells must communicate with their environment to participate in the immune system as the source of antigen-specific immunoglobulins.

(B Lymphocyte Cell Surface Molecule Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)