What does PART mean?

Definitions for PART
pɑrtpart

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word PART.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. part, portion, component part, component, constituentnoun

    something determined in relation to something that includes it

    "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"

  2. part, portionnoun

    something less than the whole of a human artifact

    "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"

  3. part, piecenoun

    a portion of a natural object

    "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"

  4. partnoun

    that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation

    "it requires vigilance on our part"; "they resisted every effort on his part"

  5. region, partnoun

    the extended spatial location of something

    "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"

  6. function, office, part, rolenoun

    the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group

    "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"

  7. character, role, theatrical role, part, personanoun

    an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

    "she played the part of Desdemona"

  8. share, portion, part, percentagenoun

    assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group

    "he wanted his share in cash"

  9. part, section, divisionnoun

    one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole

    "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"

  10. part, partingnoun

    a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions

    "his part was right in the middle"

  11. part, voicenoun

    the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music

    "he tried to sing the tenor part"

  12. contribution, part, shareverb

    the part played by a person in bringing about a result

    "I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project"; "they all did their share of the work"

  13. separate, part, splitverb

    go one's own way; move apart

    "The friends separated after the party"

  14. separate, part, split up, split, break, break upverb

    discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

    "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"

  15. depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take offverb

    leave

    "The family took off for Florida"

  16. separate, divide, partverb

    come apart

    "The two pieces that we had glued separated"

  17. separate, disunite, divide, partadverb

    force, take, or pull apart

    "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

  18. partially, partly, partadverb

    in part; in some degree; not wholly

    "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed"

GCIDE

  1. Partverb

    To separate (a collection of objects) into smaller collections; as, to part one's hair in the middle.

Wiktionary

  1. partnoun

    A fraction of a whole; a portion

    Gaul is divided into three parts.

  2. partnoun

    A distinct element or component

    The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle.

  3. partnoun

    A group inside a larger group

  4. partnoun

    duty; responsibility

    to do one's part

  5. partnoun

    share, especially of a profit

    I want my part of the bounty.

  6. partnoun

    Position or role (especially in a play)

    We all have a part to play.

  7. partnoun

    A unit of relative proportion in a mixture

    The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water.

  8. partnoun

    3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink

  9. partnoun

    A section of a document

    Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2.

  10. partverb

    to leave

  11. partverb

    to cut hair with a parting

  12. partverb

    To divide in two.

    to part the curtains

  13. partverb

    to be divided in two or separated

  14. partverb

    to divide up; to share

  15. partverb

    to leave (an IRC channel)

  16. partnoun

    The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions

    The part of his hair was slightly to the left.

  17. partnoun

    The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece

    The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging.

  18. partnoun

    In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to seconds

  19. partnoun

    A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region

  20. partnoun

    Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".

  21. partadverb

    partly, partially, fractionally

  22. partadjective

    fractional, partial

    Fred was part owner of the car.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Partadverb

    Partly; in some measure.

    For the fair kindness you have shew’d me,
    And part being prompted, by your present trouble,
    I’ll lend you something. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

  2. PARTnoun

    Etymology: pars, Latin.

    Helen’s cheeks, but not her heart,
    Atalanta’s better part. William Shakespeare.

    The people stood at the nether part of the mount. Exodus xix. 17.

    This law wanted not parts of prudent and deep foresight; for it took away occasion to pry into the king’s title. Francis Bacon.

    The citizens were for the most part slain or taken. Richard Knolles.

    Henry had divided
    The person of himself into four parts. Daniel.

    These conclude that to happen often, which happeneth but sometimes; that never, which happeneth but seldom; and that always, which happeneth for the most part. Brown.

    Besides his abilities as a soldier, which were eminent, he had very great parts of breeding, being a very great scholar in the political parts of learning. Edward Hyde.

    When your judgment shall grow stronger, it will be necessary to examine, part by part, those works which have given reputation to the masters. Dryden.

    Of heavenly part, and part of earthly blood;
    A mortal woman mixing with a god. Dryden.

    Our ideas of extension and number, do they not contain a secret relation of the parts? John Locke.

    He fully possessed the revelation he had received from God: all the parts were formed, in his mind, into one harmonious body. John Locke.

    Go not without thy wife, but let me bear
    My part of danger, with an equal share. Dryden.

    Had I been won, I had deserv’d your blame;
    But sure my part was nothing but the shame. Dryden.

    Forasmuch as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also took part of the same. Hebrews ii. 14.

    Sheba said, we have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. 2 Samuel xx. 1.

    The ungodly made a covenant with death, because they are worthy to take part with it. Wisdom i. 16.

    Agamemnon provokes Apollo, whom he was willing to appease afterwards at the cost of Achilles, who had no part in his fault. Alexander Pope.

    Michael Cassio,
    When I have spoken of you dispraisingly,
    Hath ta’en your part. William Shakespeare.

    And that he might on many props repose,
    He strengths his own, and who his part did take. Daniel.

    Let not thy divine heart
    Forethink me any ill;
    Destiny may take thy part,
    And may thy fears fulfill. John Donne.

    Some other pow’r
    Might have aspir’d, and me, tho’ mean,
    Drawn to his part. John Milton.

    Call up their eyes, and fix them on your example; that so natural ambition might take part with reason and their interest to encourage imitation. Joseph Glanvill.

    A brand preserv’d to warm some prince’s heart,
    And make whole kingdoms take her brother’s part. Edmund Waller.

    The arm thus waits upon the heart,
    So quick to take the bully’s part;
    That one, tho’ warm, decides more slow,
    Than t’ other executes the blow. Matthew Prior.

    For Zelmane’s part, she would have been glad of the fall, which made her bear the sweet burden of Philoclea, but that she feared she might receive some hurt. Philip Sidney.

    For my part, I would entertain the legend of my love with quiet hours. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

    For your part, it not appears to me,
    That you should have an inch of any ground
    To build a grief upon. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

    For my part, I have no servile end in my labour, which may restrain or embase the freedom of my poor judgement. Henry Wotton.

    For my part, I think there is nothing so secret that shall not be brought to light, within the compass of the world. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

    The pneumatical part, which is in all tangible bodies, and hath some affinity with the air, performeth the parts of the air: as, when you knock upon an empty barrel, the sound is, in part, created by the air on the outside, and, in part, by the air in the inside. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

    Accuse not nature, she hath done her part;
    Do thou but thine. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

    That part
    Was aptly fitted, and naturally performed. William Shakespeare.

    Have you the lion’s part written? give it me, for I am slow of study. William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night’s Dream.

    God is the master of the scenes: we must not chuse which part we shall act; it concerns us only to be careful, that we do it well. Jeremy Taylor, holy Living.

    Let them be so furnished and instructed for the military part, as they may defend themselves. Francis Bacon.

    Find him, my lord,
    And chide him hither straight: this part of his
    Conjoins with my disease. William Shakespeare.

    Inquire not whether the sacraments confer grace by their own excellency, because they, who affirm they do, require so much duty on our parts, as they also do, who attribute the effect to our moral disposition. Taylor.

    The scripture tells us the terms of this covenant on God’s part and our’s; namely, that he will be our God, and we shall be his people. John Tillotson, Sermons.

    It might be deem’d, on our historian’s part,
    Or too much negligence, or want of art,
    If he forgot the vast magnificence
    Of royal Theseus. Dryden.

    God accepteth it in good part, at the hands of faithful men. Richard Hooker.

    Who is courteous, noble, liberal, but he that hath the example before his eyes of Amphialus; where are all heroical parts, but in Amphialus? Philip Sidney.

    Such licentious parts tend, for the most part, to the hurt of the English, or maintenance of their own lewd liberty. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

    I conjure thee, by all the parts of man,
    Which honour does acknowledge. William Shakespeare.

    Solomon was a prince adorned with such parts of mind, and exalted by such a concurrence of all prosperous events to make him magnificent. Robert South, Sermons.

    The Indian princes discover fine parts and excellent endowments, without improvement. Henry Felton, on the Classicks.

    Although no man was, in our parts, spoken of, but he, for his manhood; yet, as though therein he excelled himself, he was called the courteous Amphialus. Philip Sidney.

    When he had gone over those parts, he came into Greece. Acts xx. 2.

    All parts resound with tumults, plaints, and fears,
    And griesly death, in sundry shapes, appears. Dryden.

  3. To Partverb

    All that believed, sold their goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. Acts ii. 45.

    Jove himself no less content wou’d be
    To part his throne, and share his heav’n with thee. Alexander Pope.

    A chariot of fire parted them both asunder, and Elijah went up into heaven. 2 Kings ii. 11.

    Nought but death shall part thee and me. Ruth i. 17.

    All the world,
    As ’twere the bus’ness of mankind to part us,
    Is arm’d against my love, Dryden.

    Part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon. Leviticus ii. 6.

    In the narrow seas, that part
    The French and English, there miscarried
    A vessel of our country. William Shakespeare.

    Who said
    King John did fly, an hour or two before
    The stumbling night did part our weary powers. William Shakespeare.

    Jove did both hosts survey,
    And, when he pleas’d to thunder, part the fray. Edmund Waller.

    The liver minds his own affair,
    And parts and strains the vital juices. Matthew Prior.

  4. To Partverb

    Powerful hands will not part
    Easily from possession won with arms. John Milton, Par. Reg.

    ’Twas for him much easier to subdue
    Those foes he fought with, than to part from you. Dryd.

    He wrung Bassanio’s hand, and so they parted. William Shakespeare.

    This was the design of a people, that were at liberty to part asunder, but desired to keep in one body. John Locke.

    What! part, for ever part? unkind Ismena;
    Oh! can you think, that death is half so dreadful,
    As it would be to live without thee. Smith.

    If it pleases God to restore me to my health, I shall make a third journey; if not, we must part, as all human creatures have parted. Jonathan Swift.

    Ere I could
    Give him that parting kiss, which I had set
    Betwixt two charming words, comes in my father. William Shakespeare.

    Nuptial bow’r! by me adorn’d, from thee
    How shall I part, and whither wander. John Milton.

    Upon his removal, they parted from him with tears in their eyes. Jonathan Swift.

    As his part is, that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be, that tarrieth by the stuff; they shall part alike. Isaiah xxx. 24.

    So parted they; the angel up to heaven
    From the thick shade, and Adam to his bow’r. John Milton.

    Thy father
    Embrac’d me, parting for the Etrurian land. Dryden.

    For her sake, I do rear up her boy;
    And for her sake, I will not part with him. William Shakespeare.

    An affectionate wife, when in fear of parting with her beloved husband, heartily desired of God his life or society, upon any conditions that were not sinful. Taylor.

    Celia, for thy sake, I part
    With all that grew so near my heart;
    And that I may successful prove,
    Transform myself to what you love. Edmund Waller.

    Thou marble hew’st, ere long to part with breath,
    And houses rear’st, unmindful of thy death. George Sandys.

    Lixiviate salts, though, by piercing the bodies of vegetables, they dispose them to part readily with their tincture; yet some tinctures they do not only draw out, but likewise alter. Boyle.

    The ideas of hunger and warmth are some of the first that children have, and which they scarce ever part with. John Locke.

    What a despicable figure must mock-patriots make, who venture to be hang’d for the ruin of those civil rights, which their ancestors, rather than part with, chose to be cut to pieces in the field of battle? Joseph Addison, Freeholder.

    The good things of this world so delight in, as remember, that we are to part with them, to exchange them for more durable enjoyments. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

    As for riches and power, our Saviour plainly determines, that the best way to make them blessings, is to part with them. Jonathan Swift, Miscellanies.

ChatGPT

  1. part

    A part is a piece or segment of something such as an object, activity, or period of time, which combined with other pieces, forms the whole. It can also refer to the function or role an individual plays in a particular context.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Partnoun

    one of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent

  2. Partnoun

    an equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient

  3. Partnoun

    a constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element

  4. Partnoun

    a constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a collective sense

  5. Partnoun

    quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural

  6. Partnoun

    such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; -- the opposite of multiple. Also, a line or other element of a geometrical figure

  7. Partnoun

    that which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share; portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office

  8. Partnoun

    one of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction

  9. Partnoun

    a particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play; or, figuratively, in real life. See To act a part, under Act

  10. Partnoun

    one of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc

  11. Partnoun

    to divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever

  12. Partnoun

    to divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share

  13. Partnoun

    to separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder

  14. Partnoun

    hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants

  15. Partnoun

    to separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver

  16. Partnoun

    to leave; to quit

  17. Partverb

    to be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle

  18. Partverb

    to go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; -- often with from

  19. Partverb

    to perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; -- followed by with or from

  20. Partverb

    to have a part or share; to partake

  21. Partadverb

    partly; in a measure

  22. Etymology: [F. partir, L. partire, partiri, p. p. partitus, fr. pars, gen. partis, a part. See Part, n.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Part

    pärt, n. something less than the whole: a portion: a quantity or number making up with others a larger quantity or number: a fraction: a member or essential part of a whole: a proportional quantity: one's share: interest: side or party: action: character taken by an actor in a play: (math.) a quantity which taken a certain number of times will equal a larger quantity: an exact divisor: (mus.) one of the melodies of a harmony: (pl.) qualities: talents.—v.t. to divide: to make into parts: to put or keep asunder.—v.i. to be separated: to be torn asunder: to have a part or share.—adj. Part′ed (Shak.), endowed with parts or abilities: (bot.) deeply cleft, as a leaf.—n. Part′er.—adv. Part′ly, in part: in some degree.—Part of speech (gram.), one of the various classes of words.—For my part, as far as concerns me; For the most part, commonly; In bad, or ill, part, unfavourably; In good part, favourably; Take part in, to share or to assist in; Take part with, to take one's side. [Fr.,—L. pars, partis.]

Editors Contribution

  1. part

    An element or a component.

    The vehicle part is just used when required.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 29, 2021  

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PART

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Part is ranked #157234 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Part surname appeared 103 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Part.

    73.7% or 76 total occurrences were White.
    12.6% or 13 total occurrences were Black.
    7.7% or 8 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'PART' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #157

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'PART' in Written Corpus Frequency: #296

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'PART' in Nouns Frequency: #16

  4. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'PART' in Verbs Frequency: #931

Anagrams for PART »

  1. prat

  2. rapt

  3. tarp

  4. trap

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PART in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PART in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of PART in a Sentence

  1. Thomas Smith:

    I loved being part of a team at Notre Dame, i got a very similar feeling during deployment, and I loved that. It was reminiscent of being on a football team. I loved the feeling, and this voice in the back of my head kept asking how great it would be to feel it again.

  2. Taylor Swift:

    That song relieved a lot of sort of tension. There were things that I needed to get rid of or at least get out of me or get in front of me or at least have some other relationship than feeling Carole King : Natural Woman internally, either by telling somebody else or by just putting Carole King : Natural Woman out in a form in front of me so that I could say, ` There Carole King : Natural Woman are,' you know, externalizing it somehow. And that part was hard, having the feelings that needed to be expressed in that way. But it was actually a relief, like a laugh or a sigh.

  3. Robert Bristow:

    You don't want people to be scared of birds or cows or traveling to a part of the world where there was a case or two.

  4. David Schwimmer:

    Maybe there should be an all-black' Friends' or an all-Asian' Friends,' but I was well aware of the lack of diversity and I campaigned for years to have Ross date women of colour. One of the first girlfriends I had on the show was an Asian-American woman, and later I dated African-American women. That was a very conscious push on my part.

  5. Rancher Rick Toney:

    It's a multi-million-dollar rain, but in our part of the country when the heat of summer comes, sometimes the rain shuts off.

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