Definition of PART

part

Plural: parts

Noun

  • something determined in relation to something that includes it
    • "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"
  • something less than the whole of a human artifact
    • "the rear part of the house"
    • "glue the two parts together"
  • a portion of a natural object
    • "they analyzed the river into three parts"
  • 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"
  • the extended spatial location of something
    • "religions in all parts of the world"
  • the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
    • "the government must do its part"
  • an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
    • "she played the part of Desdemona"
  • assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
  • one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
    • "the written part of the exam"
  • a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
    • "his part was right in the middle"
  • the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
    • "he tried to sing the tenor part"
  • the part played by a person in bringing about a result
  • A portion; a component.
  • A fraction of a whole.
  • A portion; a component.
  • A distinct element of something larger.
  • A portion; a component.
  • A group inside a larger group.
  • A portion; a component.
  • Share, especially of a profit.
  • A portion; a component.
  • A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
  • A portion; a component.
  • 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
  • A portion; a component.
  • A section of a document.
  • A portion; a component.
  • A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
  • A portion; a component.
  • A factor.
  • A portion; a component.
  • A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
  • Duty; responsibility.
  • Duty; responsibility.
  • Position or role (especially in a play).
  • Duty; responsibility.
  • The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
  • Duty; responsibility.
  • Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
  • The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
  • In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
  • A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.

Verb

Verb Forms: parted, parting, parts

  • To divide or separate into pieces, or to leave.
  • go one's own way; move apart
    • "The friends separated after the party"
  • discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
    • "The business partners broke over a tax question"
  • leave
  • come apart
  • force, take, or pull apart
    • "Moses parted the Red Sea"
  • To leave the company of.
  • To cut hair with a parting.
  • To divide in two.
  • To be divided in two or separated.
  • To divide up; to share.
  • To have a part or share; to partake.
  • To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
  • To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
  • To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
  • To leave; to quit.
  • To leave (an IRC channel).

Adverb

  • in part; in some degree; not wholly
    • "I felt partly to blame"
    • "He was partially paralyzed"

Adj

  • Fractional; partial.

Adv

  • Partly; partially; fractionally.
  • to a partial degree.

Examples

  • 3 is a part of 12.
  • A rope parts.  His hair parts in the middle.
  • Fred was part owner of the car.
  • Gaul is divided into three parts.
  • I want my part of the bounty.
  • I was in Australia part of last year.
  • My Native American friend is also part German and part French.
  • Part finished
  • Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2.
  • The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging.
  • The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water.
  • The part of his hair was slightly to the left.
  • The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle.
  • The players decided to PART amicably after a close Words With Friends game.
  • This pastry is one part butter to three parts flour.
  • to do one’s part
  • to part gold from silver
  • to part the curtains
  • We all have a part to play.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English part, from Old English part (“part”) and Old French part (“part”); both from Latin partem, accusative of pars (“piece, portion, share, side, party, faction, role, character, lot, fate, task, lesson, part, member”), from Proto-Indo-European *par-, *per- (“to sell, exchange”). Akin to Latin portiō (“a portion, part”), parāre (“to make ready, prepare”). Displaced Middle English del, dele (“part”) (from Old English dǣl (“part, distribution”) > Modern English deal (“portion; amount”)), Middle English dale, dole (“part, portion”) (from Old English dāl (“portion”) > Modern English dole), Middle English sliver (“part, portion”) (from Middle English sliven (“to cut, cleave”), from Old English (tō)slifan (“to split”)).

Synonyms

break, break up, character, component, component part, constituent, contribution, depart, disunite, divide, division, function, office, partially, parting, partly, percentage, persona, piece, portion, region, role, section, separate, set forth, set off, set out, share, split, split up, start, start out, take off, theatrical role, voice, chelek, element, faction, part, party, position, shed, shoad, shode

Antonyms

wholly

Scrabble Score: 6

part: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
part: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
part: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

part: valid Words With Friends Word