participant
noun OPAL W
/pɑːˈtɪsɪpənt/
/pɑːrˈtɪsɪpənt/
- a person who is taking part in an activity or event
- The average age of study participants was 48 years.
- workshop/conference/seminar participants
- participant in something He has been an active participant in the discussion.
- The child must be a willing participant in the therapy.
- Participants in the study completed a short questionnaire.
Extra Examples- Participants were asked to choose one of four topics for the lunch sessions.
- These sports are exciting for participants and spectators alike.
- Online gaming attracts enthusiastic participants.
- Participants ranged in age from 35 to 55.
- Protests on Monday attracted thousands of participants.
- She's a regular participant in the show.
- He became a prominent participant in the space program.
- He was a willing participant in the deception.
- She was an unwilling participant in his downfall.
- It was difficult to recruit participants for the study.
- The research participants were all undergraduate students in their final year.
- Of the survey participants, 39.2% were female and 60.8% were male.
- The participants were asked to indicate their attitudes to science.
- Enrolment will be limited to 35 participants.
- Workshop participants are encouraged to share their ideas.
- Most conference participants expressed their support for the idea.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- active
- passive
- …
- attract
- select
- ask
- …
- attend something
- experience something
- describe something
- …
- participant in
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin participant-, literally ‘sharing in’, from the verb participare, based on pars, part- ‘part’ + capere ‘take’.