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| engage |
When you engage in something, you participate in it. You take part or involve yourself in it. If you engage in a game, you play in the game. You don't just watch. [1/6 definitions] |
| free |
When citizens are free, they have rights that allow them to participate in their own government and to live and travel and speak as they wish. [1/14 definitions] |
| have |
to take in, enjoy, or participate in. [1/9 definitions] |
| join |
to begin to participate with others (often followed by "in"). [1/5 definitions] |
| observer |
someone who watches and listens at an event such as a meeting but does not participate in it. |
| parade |
to march or participate in a public procession. [1/3 definitions] |
| participate |
When you participate in something, you share or take part in it. |
| take part |
to participate; involve oneself (usu. fol. by "in"). |
| truce |
a stop or end of war that is agreed upon by all groups that participate; armistice. |
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