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Definition of 'part' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) part
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fraction, or section:
the rear part of the house.

2.  part
an essential or integral quality.

3.  part
a section or division of a literary work.

4.  part
a portion, member, or organ of an animal body.

5.  part
any of a number of quantities that compose a whole:
two parts sugar to one part cocoa.

6.  part
an allotted portion; share.

7.  part
Usu., parts.

8.  part
a region, quarter, or district:
a journey to foreign parts.

9.  part
an attribute establishing the possessor as a person of superior worth.

10.  part
either of the opposing sides in a contest, contractual agreement, etc.

11.  part
the dividing line formed in separating the hair of the head when combing it.

12.  part
a constituent piece of a machine or tool, esp. a replacement for the original piece.

13.  part
the written or printed matter extracted from the score that a single performer or section uses in the performance of concerted music:
a horn part.

14.  part
a section or division of a composition.

15.  part
participation or concern in something; role.

16.  part
a person's contribution to some effort or action; duty.

17.  part
a role acted in a play or sustained in real life.

18. (v.t.) part
to divide (a thing) into parts.

19.  part
to comb (the hair) away from a dividing line.

20.  part
to divide into shares; apportion.

21.  part
to put or keep apart; separate.

22.  part
Obs. to leave.

23. (v.i.) part
to be or become divided into parts; break or cleave.

24.  part
to go apart from or leave one another, as persons.

25.  part
to break or become torn apart, as a cable.

26.  part
to depart.

27.  part
to die.

28.  part
part with, to relinquish.

29. (adj.) part
partial; of a part:
part owner.

30. (adv.) part
in part; partly:
part wool.

31.  part
to a great extent; largely.

32.  part
on behalf of; concerning.

33.  part
as done or manifested by:
too much noise on the part of the class.


Definition of 'part' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) part, portion, component part, component, constituent
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. (noun) part, portion
something less than the whole of a human artifact
"the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"

3. (noun) part, piece
a portion of a natural object
"they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"

4. (noun) part
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. (noun) region, part
the extended spatial location of something
"the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"

6. (noun) function, office, part, role
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. (noun) character, role, theatrical role, part, persona
an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
"she played the part of Desdemona"

8. (noun) share, portion, part, percentage
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
"he wanted his share in cash"

9. (noun) part, section, division
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. (noun) part, parting
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. (noun) part, voice
the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
"he tried to sing the tenor part"

12. (verb) contribution, part, share
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. (verb) separate, part, split
go one's own way; move apart
"The friends separated after the party"

14. (verb) separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
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. (verb) depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off
leave
"The family took off for Florida"

16. (verb) separate, divide, part
come apart
"The two pieces that we had glued separated"

17. (adverb) separate, disunite, divide, part
force, take, or pull apart
"He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

18. (adverb) partially, partly, part
in part; in some degree; not wholly
"I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed"


Definition of 'part' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) part
one section or piece of sth
This part of the letter is difficult to understand.; Part of the train set is missing.; Which part of your job do you enjoy most?

2.  part
part of me/him/her etc.
indicates sb is uncertain about how they feel
Part of me wants to forgive him.

3.  part
an acting role in a play, movie, etc.
She plays a leading part in the show.; the part of Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet"

4.  part
how sb is involved or participates
She felt guilty about the part she had played in his death.

5.  part
take part in
to be involved in
Thousands of runners take part in the marathon each year.

6.  part
the line on your head where your hair separates
a center/side part

7.  part
for the most part
mainly
He is, for the most part, a happy child.

8.  part
in part
≠ wholly
The problems we had were, in part, related to bad management.

9.  part
on sb's part/on the part of
done by or in relation to sb
There was no animosity on her part.

10. (verb) part
(of the two sides of sth) to move apart from each other
The surgeon carefully parted the two sections of flesh.; The waters parted and they walked across the river.

11.  part
(of two people) to leave one another
two lovers crying as they part


Definition of 'part' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adverb) part
partly; in a measure

2. (noun) part
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

3. (noun) part
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

4. (noun) part
a constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element

5. (noun) part
a constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a collective sense

6. (noun) part
quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural

7. (noun) part
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

8. (noun) part
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

9. (noun) part
one of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction

10. (noun) part
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

11. (noun) part
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

12. (noun) part
to divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever

13. (noun) part
to divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share

14. (noun) part
to separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder

15. (noun) part
hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants

16. (noun) part
to separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver

17. (noun) part
to leave; to quit

18. (verb) part
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

19. (verb) part
to go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; -- often with from

20. (verb) part
to perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; -- followed by with or from

21. (verb) part
to have a part or share; to partake


Translation of 'part' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: something which, together with other things, makes a whole; a piece
We spent part of the time at home and part at the seaside.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: deel Arabic flag Arabic: جُزْء Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: част
Brazilian flag Brazilian: parte Czech flag Czech: část German flag German: der Teil
Danish flag Danish: del Greek flag Greek: μέρος Spanish flag Spanish: parte
Estonian flag Estonian: osa Farsi flag Farsi: بخش؛ جزء Finnish flag Finnish: osa
French flag French: partie Hebrew flag Hebrew: חֵלֶק Hindi flag Hindi: भाग
Croatian flag Croatian: dio, udio Hungarian flag Hungarian: rész Indonesian flag Indonesian: bagian
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hluti, partur Italian flag Italian: parte Japanese flag Japanese: 部分
Korean flag Korean: 일부, 부분 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: dalis Latvian flag Latvian: daļa
Malay flag Malay: sebahagian Dutch flag Dutch: deel, gedeelte Norwegian flag Norwegian: del, part
Polish flag Polish: część Persian flag Persian: بخش؛ جزء Pashto flag Pashto: برخه، ونډه، دماشين پرزه،
Portuguese flag Portuguese: parte Romanian flag Romanian: parte Russian flag Russian: часть
Slovak flag Slovak: časť, súčasť Slovenian flag Slovenian: del Serbian flag Serbian: deo
Swedish flag Swedish: del Thai flag Thai: ส่วนประกอบส่วนประกอบ Turkish flag Turkish: kısım, bölüm
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 一部分 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: частина; частка Urdu flag Urdu: ٹکڑا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: một phần Chinese flag Chinese: 一部分

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