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- DictionaryPart/pärt/
noun
- 1. a piece or segment of something such as an object, activity, or period of time, which combined with other pieces makes up the whole: "divide the circle into three equal parts" Similar bitslicechunklumphunkwedgefragmentscrapsegmentpieceportionshareproportionpercentagefractiondivisionsectionOpposite wholeentirety
- ▪ an element or constituent that belongs to something and is essential to its nature: "I was part of the family"
- ▪ a component of a machine: "the production of aircraft parts" Similar componentbitconstituentelementunitmoduleingredient
- ▪ a specified fraction of a whole: "they paid a twentieth part of the cost"
- ▪ a division of a book treated as a unit in which a particular topic is discussed: "this theme will be further explored in Parts Four and Five of the book" Similar sectiondivisioncomponentvolumechapterpassageactsceneepisodeinstallment
- ▪ a measure allowing comparison between the amounts of different ingredients used in a mixture: "repot plants in a mixture of three parts soil, one part sand"
- 2. some but not all of something: "the painting tells only part of the story"
- ▪ a point on or area of something: "hold the furthest part of your leg that you can reach"
- ▪ a region, especially one not clearly specified or delimited: informal "they wanted to know why he was loitering in these parts" Similar districtneighborhoodquartersectionarearegionsectorzonebeltterritorylocalityinformal:neck of the woods
- 3. a character as represented in a play or movie; a role played by an actor or actress: "she played a lot of leading parts" Similar roletheatrical rolecharacterpersonarepresentationportrayaldepiction
- ▪ the words and directions to be learned and performed by an actor playing a role: "she was memorizing a part" Similar lineswordsscriptdialoguespeechlibrettobooklyricsscore
- ▪ a melody or other constituent of harmony assigned to a particular voice or instrument in a musical work: "he coped well with the percussion part"
- 4. the contribution made by someone or something to an action or situation: "he played a key part in ending the revolt" Similar involvementrolefunctionhandjobtaskworkresponsibilitycapacitypostpositionofficeparticipationbitcontributionconcernprovince
- ▪ the behavior appropriate to or expected of a person in a particular role or situation; a person's duty: "in such a place his part is to make good"
- 5. abilities. archaic
- 6. a line of scalp revealed in a person's hair by combing the hair away in opposite directions on either side. North American "the part in her hair was white and straight"
verb
- 1. (of two things) move away from each other: "his lips parted in a smile"
- ▪ divide to leave a central space: "at that moment the mist parted" Similar separatedividedivide in twosplitsplit in twobreak upmove apartrare:disjoinOpposite join
- ▪ leave someone's company: "there was a good deal of kissing and more congratulations before we parted" Similar leavetake one's leavesay goodbye/farewell/adieusay one's goodbyessay/make one's farewellsseparatebreak upgo one's (separate) waystake oneself offset offbe on one's waygogo awayget goingdepartbe offinformal:splitpush offhit the roadskedaddlescramshove offOpposite arrivemeet
- ▪ leave the company of someone: "she can't bear to be parted from her daughter again"
- ▪ give up possession of; hand over: "even quite small companies parted with large sums"
- ▪ separate (the hair of the head on either side of the part) with a comb.
adverb
- 1. to some extent; partly (often used to contrast different parts of something): "the city is now part slum, part consumer paradise"
Word Origin Old English (denoting a part of speech), from Latin pars, part-. The verb (originally in Middle English in the sense ‘divide into parts’) is from Old French partir, from Latin partire, partiri ‘divide, share’.
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