three-party

Examples

• All

• Though it may be true that there wasn't a definitive mandate by the voters based on the mixed outcome of Tuesday's primary vote, there's no denying there's now a three-party system operating within the state Legislature.

  Blog text (25)

• In many cases, each of the three parties had to sign the copy of the IEP.

  Academic text (1990)

• The purpose of the registry advances the interests of all three parties.

  Academic text (2002)

• We will move into a three-party system of the Old Moderate Republicans, Tea Party, and the Democrats.

  Blog text (32)

• Mexico is now essentially a three-party system, and having three candidates of equal strength in 2000 may lead to a victory by one with less than 40 percent of the vote and a victory margin of less than 5 percent.

  Academic text (1999)

• Chairman Kim may also propose three-party talks involving the two Koreas and the United States, as he has done in the past.

  Academic text (2002)

• The three-party Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT) was unable to solve the dispute.

  Academic text (2002)

• The new agreement established a three-party arrangement between the companies involved in the merger.

• During the meeting, they discussed the terms of a crucial three-party collaboration to tackle environmental issues.

• The summit focused on forming a three-party partnership between the government, NGOs, and local communities.

Synonyms

T

three-way

vsthree-party

24 3.9

Involving three people, groups or parts

is the general term used for three separate participants

T

trilateral

vsthree-party

5 7.4

Having three sides or involving three countries

applies more broadly to any three separate participants or parties

T

tripartite

vsthree-party

• Formal

3 7.9

Involving three groups working together

is the neutral term for the same involvement

T

three-cornered

vsthree-party

5.0

Involving three people or groups

is about three separate participants, not collective sides or groups

T

tricornered

vsthree-party

7.3

Involving three people or groups in a disagreement

is the general word for any three separate participants, not only contests

M

multipartite

vsthree-party

• Specialized

9.5

Involving three or more parties

means specifically involvement of three separate participants, not larger groups

P

plurilateral

vsthree-party

• Formal

8.4

Describing an agreement or discussion that includes more than two but not all members

is limited to cases with exactly three separate participants rather than subsets

How Many Parties

three-party

1 4.9

two-party

25 5.1

one-party

11 6.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology