1. a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house;to glue the two parts together.
2. an essential or integral attribute or quality: a sense of humor is part of a healthy personality.
3. a section or division of a literary work.
4. a portion, member, or organ of an animal body.
5. any of a number of more or less equal quantities that compose a whole or into which a whole is divided: Use two parts sugar to one part cocoa.
6. an allotted portion; share.
7. Usually parts.
• a region, quarter, or district: a journey to foreign parts.
• a quality or attribute establishing the possessor as a person of importance or superior worth: Being both a diplomat and a successful businesswoman, she is widely regarded as a woman of parts.
8. either of the opposing sides in a contest, question, agreement, etc.
9. the dividing line formed in separating the hair of the head and combing it in different directions.
10. a constituent piece of a machine or tool either included at the time of manufacture or set in place as a replacement for the original piece.
11. Music.
• the written or printed matter extracted from the score that a single performer or section uses in the performance of concerted music: a horn part.
• a section or division of a composition: the allegro part of the first movement.
12. participation, interest, or concern in something; role: The neighbors must have had some part in planning the surprise party.
13. a person's share in or contribution to some action; duty, function, or office: You must do your part if we're to finish by tonight.
14. a character or role acted in a play or sustained in real life.

15. to divide (a thing) into parts; sever; break; cleave.
16. to comb (the hair) away from a dividing line.
17. to divide into shares; distribute in parts; apportion.
18. to put or keep apart; separate: They parted the calves from the herd.
19. Metallurgy.
• to separate (silver) from gold in refining.
• to cut (one part) away from a piece, as an end from a billet.
• to keep the surface of (a casting) separate from the sand of the mold.
20. to leave.

21. to be or become divided into parts; break or cleave: The oil tanker parted amidships.
22. to go or come apart; separate, as two or more things.
23. to go apart from or leave one another, as persons: We'll part no more.
24. to be or become separated from something else (usually followed by from).
25. to break or become torn apart, as a cable.
26. to depart.
27. to die.

28. of a part; partial: part owner.

29. in part; partly: part autobiographical.

30. to give up (property, control, etc.); relinquish: to part with one's money.

31. as far as concerns one: For my part, you can do whatever you please.
32. with respect to the greatest part; on the whole; generally; usually; mostly: They are good students, for the most part.
33. in good part,
• without offense; in a good-natured manner; amiably: She was able to take teasing in good part.
• to a great extent; largely: His success is in good part ascribable to dogged determination.
34. in some measure or degree; to some extent; partly; partially: The crop failure was due in part to unusual weather conditions.
35. on the part of,
• so far as pertains to or concerns one: He expressed appreciation on the part of himself and his colleagues.
• as done or manifested by: attention on the part of the audience.
36. an essential, necessary, or integral part: Her love for her child was part and parcel of her life.
37. part company,
• to bid farewell or go separate ways; leave one another.
• to dissolve a personal affiliation, relationship, etc., especially because of irreconcilable differences.
• to disagree.
38. to participate; share or partake: They refused to take part in any of the activities of the community.
39. to align oneself with; side with; champion; back: His parents took his part, even though he was obviously in the wrong.

1. participial.
2. participle.
3. particular.

1. a piece or portion of a whole
2. an integral constituent of something
• an amount less than the whole; bit
• (as modifier)
4. one of several equal or nearly equal divisions
• an actor's role in a play
• the speech and actions which make up such a role
• a written copy of these
6. a person's proper role or duty
7. region; area
8. any portion of a larger structure
9. a component that can be replaced in a machine, engine, etc
10. the line of scalp showing when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
11. music
• one of a number of separate melodic lines making up the texture of music
• one of such melodic lines, which is assigned to one or more instrumentalists or singers
• such a line performed from a separately written or printed copy
12. generally
13. as far as one is concerned
14. to some degree; partly
15. having many different abilities
16. on behalf of
17. an essential ingredient
18. play a part
• to pretend to be what one is not
• to have something to do (with); be instrumental (in)
19. to respond to (teasing) with good humour
20. to participate in
21. to support someone in an argument

22. to divide or separate from one another; take or come apart
23. to go away or cause to go away from one another; stop or cause to stop seeing each other
24. to leave; say goodbye (to)
25. to relinquish, esp reluctantly
26. to cause to relinquish, esp reluctantly
27. to split; separate
28. to arrange (the hair) in such a way that a line of scalp is left showing
29. (intr) a euphemism for die 1 (def. 1)
30. to depart
31. part company
• to end a friendship or association, esp as a result of a quarrel; separate
• to leave; go away from; be separated from

32. to some extent; partly

1. participle
2. particular

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