MEANING
1. To take part in or share something, especially food, drink, or an activity.
2. To have a share in or resemble a quality or nature.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- partake of a meal
- partake in a ceremony
On the page
She would not partake of the feast until the absent guest was accounted for.
The visitors partook in the ceremony without knowing its origin.
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Word forms
- Base
- partake
- Past tense
- partook
- Past participle
- partaken
- Present participle
- partaking
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- partake
- Present continuous
- am/is/are partaking
- Present perfect
- have/has partaken
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been partaking
- Past
- partook
- Past continuous
- was/were partaking
- Past perfect
- had partaken
- Past perfect continuous
- had been partaking
- Future
- will partake
- Future continuous
- will be partaking
- Future perfect
- will have partaken
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been partaking
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: partake; partakes; partook; partaken; partaking Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: partakes.
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