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Princeton's WordNet

  1. largely, mostly, for the most partadverb

    in large part; mainly or chiefly

    "These accounts are largely inactive"

Wiktionary

  1. for the most partadverb

    mostly; in general; usually

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  1. for the most part

    "For the most part" is an idiom referring to the majority or largest part of something, predominantly, or generally. It means that what is being discussed is true or applicable mostly, but not completely or in every case.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of for the most part in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of for the most part in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of for the most part in a Sentence

  1. Lucinda Williams:

    The way I look at life, whatever I'm doing at that time in my life is going to be reflected in my songs, for the most part.

  2. Scott Smith:

    We've had nine years of Conservative leadership now, so for the most part ... Canada and the international investment community knows what to expect from a Conservative government.

  3. James Nixey:

    Information is only useful, for the most part, if it's not being used, the most useful stuff is the stuff we don't hear about, by its very nature.

  4. Rory McIlroy:

    The game's just not quite there. I've got a week off now to try and work on it a little bit, i am pretty disappointed with how I played overall. I felt it was a little better again today for the most part but a bit of a disappointing finish. But it's just not quite 100 percent.

  5. Rick Meckler:

    For the most part, the market seems to be in a holding pattern until year-end, there has been such strong gains for the year that I think that until the fresh money comes in after year-end for new contributions to IRAs and other retirement accounts to start the year, I just don't think there is a lot of push to drive this too much higher.


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