Participates

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Being involved in a specific event or activity while contributing to a shared effort or experience is essential for collaboration
2. Engages actively in an event or action alongside others
3. Joins in a group effort or activity by contributing or sharing

Etymology: "Participates" is simply the third-person singular present form of "participate," so the history belongs to the verb itself. Its root is Latin "participare," meaning to share in or give a part of something, built from "pars" (part) and "-ceps," from a root meaning one who takes. Literally, a "particeps" was someone who takes a part. English borrowed the verb directly from Latin, and it has a striking precursor: Old English already had "dǣlniman," which was a calque, a word-for-word translation of the Latin, built from elements meaning "part" and "take." English speakers were thus describing the same idea in their own language long before the borrowed Latin form settled in.

Synonyms: engages, joins, takes part, involves

Antonyms: withdraws, abstains, avoids