part meaning
- Noun: part paa(r)t
- Something determined in relation to something that includes it
"he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"
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- Go one's own way; move apart
- separate, split - Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- separate, split up, split, break, break up - Leave
- depart, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off - Come apart
- separate, divide - Force, take, or pull apart
"Moses parted the Red Sea"
- separate, disunite, divide
Derived forms: parts, parting, parted
See also: part with, partial, parting, partitive
Type of: air, assets, attempt, change, characterization, concept, conception, concern, construct, displace, duty, effort, enactment, endeavor [US], endeavour [Brit, Cdn], go away, go forth, leave, line, location, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, move, object, personation, physical object, portrayal, relation, strain, thing, try, tune
Part of: building block, earnings, hair, lucre, meronymy, net, net income, net profit, part to whole relation, profit, profits, unit, whole
Encyclopedia: Part
- Something determined in relation to something that includes it
[Architecture]Abbr. for partition.
[Business]
AmE / noun, verb■ noun [C]
SPARE PART
a piece of a machine or structure:
They have difficulty getting parts for their ageing machinery.
a manufacturer of aircraft parts
IDIOMS
take part (in sth)
to be involved in sth
SYN PARTICIPATE
PLAY verb, SUM noun
■ verb
IDIOMS
part company (with/from sb/sth)
to leave sb/sth; to end a relationship with sb:
The firm has parted company with its chairman
(= they asked him to leave).
[Engineering]
"An element of a subassembly, not normally useful by itself and not amenable to further disassembly for maintenance purposes."
[Medicine]
n
1 : one of several or many like units into which something is divided or of which it is composed : a proportional division or ingredient mix the powder with three parts of water the compound contained two parts oxygen
2 : a portion of an animal body: as
a : an essential anatomical element : ORGAN , MEMBER the chief parts of the digestive system are the esophagus, stomach, intestine, and associated glands
b : an indefinite area or one lacking or not considered in respect to a natural boundary bathe the affected part with warm water
- in part: 1. Partly2. So far ...
- on the part of: 1. So far as conce ...
- part with: Verb: part with&nb ...
Examples
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- that's part of my case against marriage.
- i will give you a pound in part payment.
- the river divides the city into two parts.
- you shall have some part of your will.
- she looked at the lower part of the carriages.