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# participating

«participating» in Mova's school dictionary: **Taking part or joining in an activity, game, event or lesson** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb, -ing form of participate (participate, participates, participated, participating); adjective (participating schools)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Taking part or joining in an activity, game, event or lesson. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/participating/#m1)

2) As an adjective: those who are taking part, as in «participating teams». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/participating/#m2)

3) (formal) Sharing in something, such as profits or a plan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/participating/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Teachers praise pupils for participating in class discussions; sports days list participating schools; a maths problem may say «48 children are participating, in teams of 6» — divide to find the teams. In formal or exam voice «participate» replaces «take part» and «join in». Phrases: «participating in», «thank you for participating», «all participating pupils».

### examples

- Thank you all for participating in the spelling bee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/participating/#x1)
- Twelve schools are participating in the science fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/participating/#x2)
- Sam is participating in the school play this term. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/participating/#x3)
- If 30 pupils are participating and each pays $2, how much is collected? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/participating/#x4)
- Participating teams must arrive by 9 o'clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/participating/#x5)
- She enjoys participating in class discussions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/participating/#x6)
- Are you participating in the charity run? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/participating/#x7)
- Every participating child got a medal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/participating/#x8)

### note

Always «participating in something» (not «participating at»). Base verb: participate; noun: participation; a person: participant. The everyday word is «taking part» or «joining in». Spelled with a double «i»-sound: par-TI-ci-pat-ing.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «participating» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/participating/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.