Party vs. Rave

Partynoun

(legal) A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.

Partynoun

A person.

Partynoun

A person; an individual.

Partynoun

With to: an accessory, someone who takes part.

Partynoun

A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.

Partynoun

Active player characters organized into a single group.

Partynoun

(video games) A group of characters controlled by the player.

Partynoun

A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.

Partynoun

(military) A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose.

Partynoun

A social gathering.

Partynoun

A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing.

Partynoun

A group of people traveling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity.

Partynoun

A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.

Partynoun

(obsolete) A part or division.

Partyverb

(intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.

Partyverb

To take recreational drugs.

Partyverb

(intransitive) To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.

Partyverb

To form a party (with).

Partyadjective

Divided; in part.

Partyadjective

(heraldry) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries.

Partyadverb

(obsolete) Partly.

Partynoun

A part or portion.

Partynoun

A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy.

Partynoun

A part of a larger body of company; a detachment;

Partynoun

A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party.

Partynoun

One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract.

Partynoun

The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.

Partynoun

Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another.

Partynoun

Cause; side; interest.

Partynoun

A person; as, he is a queer party.

Partyadjective

Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.

Partyadjective

Partial; favoring one party; partisan.

Partyadverb

Partly.

Partynoun

an organization to gain political power;

Partynoun

an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment;

Partynoun

a band of people associated temporarily in some activity;

Partynoun

a group of people gathered together for pleasure;

Partynoun

a person involved in legal proceedings;

Partyverb

have or participate in a party;

Party

A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will typically feature food and beverages, and often music and dancing or other forms of entertainment.

Ravenoun

An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).

Ravenoun

An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) and possibly drug use.

Ravenoun

The genres of electronic dance music usually associated with rave parties.

Ravenoun

One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.

Raveverb

To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.

Raveverb

To speak or write wildly or incoherently.

Raveverb

To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; followed by about, of, or (formerly) on.

Raveverb

(obsolete) To rush wildly or furiously.

Raveverb

To attend a rave (dance party).

Rave

imp. of Rive.

Ravenoun

One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.

Ravenoun

An instance of raving.

Ravenoun

A highly flattering or enthusiastic review of a play, book, etc.

Ravenoun

A clamorous dance party, especially one featuring a band or disc jockey playing loud modern rock music oriented toward young people, held in a large room such as a warehouse, often organized by an informal or ad hoc sponsor.

Raveverb

To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman.

Raveverb

To rush wildly or furiously.

Raveverb

To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; - followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty.

Raveverb

To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave nonsense.

Ravenoun

a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played;

Ravenoun

an extravagantly enthusiastic review;

Raveverb

participate in an all-night techno dance party

Raveverb

talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner

Raveverb

praise enthusiastically;

Rave

A rave (from the verb: to rave) describes a dance party at a warehouse, public or private property, typically featuring performances by DJs playing electronic dance music. The style is most associated with the early 90s dance music scene when DJs played at illegal events in musical styles dominated by electronic dance music from a wide range of sub-genres, including techno, hardcore, house, dubstep, and alternative dance.