participation

1 the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities" [syn: engagement, involvement, involution] [ant: non-engagement, non-engagement, non-engagement]

2 the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.) [syn: involvement]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes with: -eɪʃǝn

Noun

1. the act of participating
2. the state of being related to a larger whole
3. the process during which individuals, groups and organizations are consulted about or have the opportunity to become actively involved in a project or program of activity.
4. An ownership interest or profit-sharing right.

Related terms

• participate
• participant

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /paʁ.ti.si.pa.sjɔ̃/
• SAMPA: /paR.ti.si.pa.sjO~/

Noun

1. participation

Participation, in addition to its dictionary definition, has specific meanings in certain areas.

• Participation (decision making), a notion in theory of management, economics and politics
• Participation (VR), a notion from virtual reality
• Participation (ownership), sharing something in common with others
• Participation (Finance), getting some benefit from the performance of a certain underlying asset
• Participation constraint (ER modelling), a special case of a multiplicity constraint

Participant

Participant redirects here.

• Participant Productions

admissibility, admission, affiliation, assimilation, association, companionship, company, completeness, comprehension, comprehensiveness, comprisal, consociation, cooperation, coverage, eligibility, embodiment, embracement, encompassment, envisagement, exhaustiveness, fellowship, fraternity, fraternization, inclusion, inclusiveness, incorporation, membership, openness, partaking, reception, sharing, society, tolerance, toleration, whole