Part Definition

pärt
parted, parting, parts
noun
parts
A portion or division of a whole.
Webster's New World
Any of several equal portions or fractions that can constitute a whole or into which a whole can be divided.
A mixture of two parts flour to one part sugar.
American Heritage
A portion assigned or given; share.
Webster's New World
A division of a book or artistic work such as a film.
A novel in three parts.
American Heritage
An organ, member, or other division of an organism.
A tail is not a part of a guinea pig.
American Heritage
verb
parted, parting, parts
To cause to move apart; put apart.
Parted the curtains.
American Heritage
To break or divide into separate parts.
Webster's New World
To break or divide into two or more pieces.
Webster's New World
To break up (a connection or relationship) by separating those involved.
Webster's New World
To comb (the hair) in different directions so as to leave a dividing line.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
adverb
Partly; in part.
Webster's New World
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Antonyms:
adjective
Of or having to do with only a part; partial.
Webster's New World
abbreviation
Participle.
Webster's New World
Participial.
Webster's New World
Particle.
American Heritage
Particular.
Webster's New World
idiom
for (one's) part
  • So far as one is concerned.
American Heritage
for the most part
  • To the greater extent; generally or mostly.
American Heritage
in good part
  • Good-naturedly or with good grace; without taking offense:

    take a joke in good part.

American Heritage
in part
  • To some extent; partly.
American Heritage
on the part of
  • Regarding or with respect to (the one specified):

    Brilliant strategy on the part of Confederate forces ensured their victory at Chancellorsville.

American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Part

Noun

Singular:
part
Plural:
parts

Origin of Part

  • 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 cut, bore"). Akin to portio (“a portion, part"), parare (“to make ready, prepare"). Displaced Middle English del, dele (“part") (from Old English dÇ£l (“part, distribution")), Middle English dale (“part, portion") (from Old English dāl (“portion")), Middle English sliver (“part, portion") (from Middle English sliven (“to cut, cleave"), from Old English (tō)slÄ«fan (“to split")).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin pars part- perə-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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