noun · neutral
participation
UK/pɑːˌtɪs.ɪˈpeɪ.ʃən/US/ˌpɑːr.tɪ.sɪˈpeɪ.ʃən/par·ti·CI·pa·tion
the act of taking part in something
Examples
“Increased participation in school sports can improve students' health.”
“The government wants to boost public participation in community fitness programmes.”
“Participation rates fell during the pandemic.”
Band 8 sentence
“Policy-makers focus on lowering barriers to participation, such as cost and transportation, to widen access to sport.”
Collocations
- increase participation
- participation rate
Word family
Common mistakes
participate rate→participation rate
participation the event→participate in the event / participation in the event
Say it for a higher band
5join→6take part→7+participation
Synonyms
involvement
Easily confused
involvement
“Her involvement in the project increased after she became team lead.”
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