Definition of "participation" []

• The act of taking part or sharing in something: Teachers often encourage class participation. (noun)

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• "I will use the term participation unit to refer both to encounters and to unengaged participants; the term bystander will be used to refer to any individual present who is not a ratified member of the particular encounter in question, whether or not he is currently a member of some other encounter."
• "The term "participation rate" is used to describe how much of the increase or return of the underlying stock market index will be used to calculate the return."
• "Unfortunately the only way we could find out whether it actually will lead to a substantial increase in participation is to try it, and that means having a Worldcon committee prepared to take the risk (and face the wrath of conservative SMOFs)."