Third-person singular simple present indicative form of participate.(verb)
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Use "participates" in a sentence
"* John McCain participates in a health care tour and roundtable as well as a media availability in Miami, Florida."
"Nevertheless, the rational universal in which conversation participates is so little a respecter of persons that the implicit threat to the conventions surrounding its own convention remains."
"* John McCain participates in an environmental roundtable discussion and holds a media availability in North Bend, Washington."