Noun | 1. | part - 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" |
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3. | part - so far as concerns the actor specified; "it requires vigilance on our part" or "they resisted every effort on his part"; | |
4. | part - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" Synonyms: portion | |
5. | part - 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" | |
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7. | part - a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" Synonyms: piece | |
8. | part - an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona" | |
9. | part - assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" | |
10. | part - any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor; "I am proud of my contribution to the team's success"; "they all did their share of the work" Synonyms: contribution, share | |
11. | part - the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part" Synonyms: voice | |
12. | part - a line where the hair is parted; "his part was right in the middle" | |
Verb | 1. | part - go one's own away; move apart; "The friends separated after the party" |
2. | part - 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" | |
3. | part - leave; "The family took off for Florida" | |
4. | part - come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" | |
5. | part - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" | |
Adv. | 1. | part - in part; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed" |