work party
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3.2
- noun
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cuadrilla
- She attended a work party aimed at cleaning up the local beach with her friends.
- work party on trails
- work party to restore
Examples
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The Labor Day potluck work party saw students, parents, and faculty work all day long to complete the labyrinth, which now has every brick in place as well as edging.
Blog text (16) -
Manzano villagers were able to schedule minga work parties to accommodate a variety of work schedules.
Academic text (2017) -
A one-day work party of five to six young men was considered sufficient.
Academic text (2000) -
The councilman's office is eager to organize work parties to pick up trash and paint over graffiti, which is super appreciated.
Blog text (8) -
For community mingas in both villages, rayas were assigned for working until the entire work party completed a task, not for individual tasks assigned to each household.
Academic text (2017) -
The regeneration heartened working group members and local resident volunteers, who, along with school groups, began to flock to the site to help plant seedlings and pull fountain grass on weekend work parties.
Academic text (2000) -
Residents participated in political indoctrination sessions, communal work parties, community garden projects, military exercises, and collective meals (DESCO 1991, 32).
Academic text (1993) -
All cross-linking ties between kinsmen of the two opposed segments lapsed and were not reactivated during practical events, such as assembling work parties for agricultural and house repair work.
Academic text (1990) -
Amiri C33 also organized the first community work-party, a "rare phenomenon" (Gulliver, 1977:56), to repair the mosque.
Academic text (1990) -
A group of volunteers joined a work party to plant trees in the community park.
Synonyms
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1.3
A group of people who work together to do a job, like running a ship or making a film
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3.3
A group of people who work together for a short time to do a specific job
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1.7
A group of people gathered for a short time to do something
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2.6
A temporary team of people who work together to reach a clear goal
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3.5
A group of people who do a task together for a project
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3.6
A group of people who work together for a short time on a single task
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9.8
A group of workers who do a specific manual job
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a social event organized by an employer' is directly derivable from combining 'work' (place/job) with 'party' (a social celebration); the noun-noun composition plainly indicates a party related to the workplace. This is a common, cross-linguistic pattern (e.g. office/company party), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the intended sense.
Etymology
Work party comes from the use of party to mean a group sent to do a job. Imagine people gathering with tools to clear trees or fix a path together — that's why it means 'a group organized to carry out a task'.