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be a participant

VERB

participate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aid compete cooperate engage engage in perform play share

STRONG

concur partake strive

WEAK

associate with be a party to be into chip in come in enter into get in on get in on the act go into have a hand in have to do with join in latch on lend a hand sit in sit in on take an interest in tune in

Antonyms

STRONGEST

block direct hinder impede obstruct prevent stop

WEAK

observe watch

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be a participant

“Unless you're willing to be a participant in these systems of compliance and distraction then you pose some kind of evident threat.”

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2025

"I said 'we must have a World Championship for women and we have to be a participant in the Olympic Games'," she explained.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2024

Told to move under a canopy of lanterns, I’m warned that any of those around me could be a participant, and I try to blend in, browsing for a place to eat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024

When you resolve to be a participant, not a spoiler, in civic life, you focus on solutions, not problems.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024

If she did, she would be a participant in a crime of which--to use an Irishism--she had not only been an unseen, but also an unseeing, witness.

From Miss Arnott's Marriage by Marsh, Richard

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