Word Finder - participation

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The act of participating, of taking part in something.

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The state of being related to a larger whole.

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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.

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An ownership interest or profit-sharing right.

Brilliant results accrued from all this participation in the general life of Germany.

Most children benefit greatly from participation in a play group.

Popular animosity was kindled by the enforced participation of the Jews in public disputations.

Attempts were made by the German group, assisted by their government, to secure the participation of both Britain and France in the concession.

He suppressed, however, a number of octrois and minor duties,' and opposed, on grounds of economy, the participation of France in the War of American Independence, though without success.

There was an emphasis on student participation.

In 1678, on the rupture of relations between Charles and Louis, a splendid opportunity was afforded Louis of paying off old scores by disclosing Danby's participation in the king's demands for French gold.

The history of Cyrus and of the retreat of the Greeks is told by Xenophon in his Anabasis (where he tries to veil the actual participation of the Spartans).

The only thing item necessary for participation is to the registration process!

The less deprived of participation in the sacraments, and made a clerk incapable of taking a benefice.

Before they passed the verdict, Napoleon came to see that his victim was innocent of any participation in the plot.

This government, formed of gentiluomini or nobles, did not remain unchanged throughout the whole period, but was gradually forced to accept the participation of the popolani or lower classes, whose efforts to rise to power were continuous and determined.

Participation in political life was one of the pillars of Athenian democracy.

Some groups of children have higher rates of participation in early childhood education programs than others.

In 1915 the official massacre of Armenians occurred, but evidence conclusively proves that, though there were cases of Kurdish participation, the greater portion of the nation not only held aloof, but, as in the case of the Dersim Kurds (who actually saved 25,000 Armenians), displayed their repugnance to the Turkish orders in a practical manner.

Again, many Protestants rule themselves out of participation in the search for unified doctrine.

Gradually there came to be facing each other a great political Christendom, whose rulers were statesmen, with aims and policy of a worldly type, and a religious Christendom, full of the ideas of separation from the world by self-sacrifice and of participation in the benefits of Christ's work by an ascetic imitation.

Years had healed the breach between him and the Medicean family; and on the occasion of the Pazzi conspiracy against the life of Lorenzo de' Medici, he had sent violent letters of abuse to his papal patron Sixtus, denouncing his participation in a plot so dangerous to the security of Italy.

The government was not strong enough to resist the clamour of their numerous partisans for participation in the spoils of party warfare.

The revolutionary movement of 1848 gave him the opportunity of entering upon a violent campaign of democratic agitation, and for his participation in the Dresden insurrection of 1849 he was arrested and condemned to death.

Calvin was also involved in a protracted and somewhat vexing dispute with the Lutherans respecting the Lord's Supper, which ended in the separation of the evangelical party into the two great sections of Lutherans and Reformed, - the former holding that in the eucharist the body and blood of Christ are objectively and consubstaritially present, and so are actually partaken of by the communicants, and the latter that there is only a virtual presence of the body and blood of Christ, and consequently only a spiritual participation thereof through faith.

The council was a power in politics only when manipulated by a great state, as Thebes, Macedon or Aetolia, and in such a case its decrees were most likely to give offence by their partisanship. Although the council sometimes championed the Hellenic cause, as could any association or individual, it never acquired a recognized authority over all Greece; and notwithstanding its frequent participation in political affairs, it remained essentially a religious convocation.

Moreover, Sparta's attention was at this time fully occupied by troubles nearer home - the plots of Pausanias not only with the Persian king but with the Laconian helots; the revolt of Tegea (c. 473-71), rendered all the more formidable by the participation of Argos; the earthquake which in 464 devastated Sparta; and the rising of the Messenian helots, which immediately followed.

In return for this favor, which the king could not claim as a right, the states, feeling their power, began to bargain, and at the session of November 1355 demanded the participation of all classes in the tax voted, and obtained guarantees both for its levy and the use to be made of it.

The cities above enumerated unquestionably formed a kind of league, of which participation in the Pan-Ionic festival was the distinguishing characteristic. This festival took place on the north slope of Mt.

His participation in Irish politics, which is his chief title to fame, began during the later stages of the Civil War when Ireland was the scene of universal disorder.

Paul does not necessarily condone participation in public prayer.

The network aims to deepen democracy through greater citizen participation in local governance.

Participation was precluded on certain grounds.

In the past we have worked closely with youth workers, teachers and electoral administrators aiming to increase democratic participation among young people.

Without the participation of all members of civil society, it was impossible to build the electronic agora.

They use interactivity to enable the participation of novices in the scientific process just as expert astronomers do on a daily basis.

The report also shows that some communities, notably African and those with mixed ethnic origins, significantly outperform the national averages for participation.

Greater participation in the outside labor market is not necessarily an unmixed blessing for women.

Removal of gluten and/or casein containing products requires the active participation of all those concerned with the child's well-being.

We are coming up to the double centenary of the abolition of Britain's participation in the slave trade.

It was a religious act specifically undertaken to achieve the ritual purity required for participation in religious ceremonials.

But to claim that a truly civic culture of engagement and participation can be enabled in any other way looks increasingly threadbare.

New approaches to participation in planning and service development have had the impact of making this relationship less clear-cut.

The auditor General, other State Audit Office Council members and audit department collegiate members have to suspend their participation in political parties.

The pricing point suggests that it is problably not a threat to better colorimeters tho the participation of Gretag Macbeth is a good sign.

Bob and I also concocted various reader participation stories such as " Who Killed Cockney Robin?

The Orthodox were the first to associate themselves with the movement, tho initially their participation was carefully delimited.

With Norton's participation in the rest of the event now looking doubtful, Watkins now had a shot at the class victory.

By increasing coaching standards increase participation and reduce dropout of young players.

There was a bit of good-natured punter participation and he handled it all with the consummate ease of the experienced professional that he is.

It is also a condition of participation that a participating employer has at least 1 eligible employe.

Modern reconstructions also play a part through the use of educational videos and participation in re enactments.

They are participation camping expeditions, where you help make the tour work by being a part of the team.

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