Part
[pɑːt] or [pɑrt]
Definition
(noun.) something less than the whole of a human artifact; 'the rear part of the house'; 'glue the two parts together'.
(noun.) a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions; 'his part was right in the middle'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; 'he tried to sing the tenor part'.
(noun.) a portion of a natural object; 'they analyzed the river into three parts'; 'he needed a piece of granite'.
(noun.) 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'.
Editor: Nettie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element.
(n.) A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a collective sense.
(n.) Quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever.
(n.) To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share.
(n.) To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
(n.) Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants.
(n.) To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver.
(n.) To leave; to quit.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; -- often with from.
(v. i.) To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; -- followed by with or from.
(v. i.) To have a part or share; to partake.
(adv.) Partly; in a measure.
Checker: Michelle
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Piece, portion, fraction, section, division, subdivision.[2]. Member, organ, constituent, element, component, ingredient.[3]. Share, allotment, lot, dividend.[4]. Business, charge, duty, office, function.[5]. Side, party, interest, concern, faction.
v. a. [1]. Divide, sever, dissever, sunder, dismember, subdivide, break, break in pieces, tear asunder.[2]. Disunite, separate, disjoin, disconnect, detach, dissociate, keep apart, hold apart.[3]. Apportion, allot, share, distribute, parcel out, deal out.
v. n. [1]. Be broken, be parted, be divided, become separated, go asunder.[2]. Quit each other, take leave, bid farewell.[3]. Depart, go away, set out.
Edited by Bertram
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See SEPARATE]
SYN:Portion, piece, fragment, fraction, division, member, constituent, element,ingredient, share, lot, concern, interest, participation, side, party,interest, faction, behalf, duty
ANT:Whole, completeness, entirety, integrity, totality, mass_bulk, body, compound,transaction, affair
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Definition
n. something less than the whole: a portion: a quantity or number making up with others a larger quantity or number: a fraction: a member or essential part of a whole: a proportional quantity: one's share: interest: side or party: action: character taken by an actor in a play: (math.) a quantity which taken a certain number of times will equal a larger quantity: an exact divisor: (mus.) one of the melodies of a harmony: (pl.) qualities: talents.—v.t. to divide: to make into parts: to put or keep asunder.—v.i. to be separated: to be torn asunder: to have a part or share.—adj. Part′ed (Shak.) endowed with parts or abilities: (bot.) deeply cleft as a leaf.—n. Part′er.—adv. Part′ly in part: in some degree.—Part of speech (gram.) one of the various classes of words.—For my part as far as concerns me; For the most part commonly; In bad or ill part unfavourably; In good part favourably; Take part in to share or to assist in; Take part with to take one's side.
Checker: Natalia
Examples
- He tried to look knowing over the Latin grammar when little Rawdon showed him what part of that work he was in. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- His wife saw the one part at least of the bouquet-scene. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Traders and other undertakers may, no doubt with great propriety, carry on a very considerable part of their projects with borrowed money. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- For my part, I would rather not enter. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was a part, at once of Mrs. Sparsit's dignity and service, not to lunch. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Selden, catching the glance, wondered what part Miss Bart had played in organizing the entertainment. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- For example, I said, can the same thing be at rest and in motion at the same time in the same part? Plato. The Republic.
- When the iron parts with its carbon it loses its fluidity and becomes plastic and coherent, and is formed into balls called _blooms_. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- While there are several distinct parts of this device, each having its individual function, they may be considered as a whole under the general term of the escapement. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Homologous parts tend to vary in the same manner, and homologous parts tend to cohere. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The same theory accounts for the esteem and regard we pay to men of extraordinary parts and abilities. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The instruments show a rapidly decreasing air pressure on all parts of Barsoom--the engine has stopped. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- An inking roller, charged with an oily ink, is then passed over the stone and inks the drawing, but leaves all the other parts of the stone quite clean. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Add to the solution 7 parts of pure soda, 5 of gum Arabic, and 12 of water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The stranger insisted on making Mr. Godfrey precede him; Mr. Godfrey said a few civil words; they bowed, and parted in the street. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I went into the next room, and so saw Rachel again for the first time since we had parted in Montagu Square. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Consider, she added, that when the money is once parted with, it never can return. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- She paused again, a little breathless with the unwonted length of her speech, and sat with her lips slightly parted and a deep blush on her cheeks. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- If I had been round the world since we parted, we could hardly have been better pleased to meet again. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You must be very much altered indeed since we parted, if that could be the case, and you not there. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- He had risen from his chair and was standing between the parted blinds gazing down into the dull neutral-tinted London street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- May I say, at parting, that it is the dear object of MY hopes too? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In the story of this passion, too, the development varies: sometimes it is the glorious marriage, sometimes frustration and final parting. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Receive at parting;' here he gave him a southern embrace, and kissed him soundly on both cheeks; 'the word of a gentleman! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- And how do people perform that ceremony of parting, Jane? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Good-bye for the present, Miss Bella,' said Mrs Boffin, calling out a hearty parting. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- With that parting shot, my daughter left me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- At that moment the parting was easy to bear: the first sense of loving and being loved excluded sorrow. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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