part

Meaning of part

noun
  1. an amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something.
    divide the circle into three equal parts
    the early part of 1999
    body parts
  2. some but not all of something.
    the painting tells only part of the story
  3. a role played by an actor or actress.
    she played a lot of leading parts
    he took the part of Prospero
  4. the contribution made by someone or something to an action or situation.
    he played a key part in ending the revolt
    he may be jailed for his part in the robbery
  5. abilities.
  6. a line of scalp revealed in a person's hair by combing the hair away in opposite directions on either side; a parting.
    the part in her hair was white and straight
verb
  1. (of two things) move away from each other.
    his lips parted in a smile
  2. leave someone's company.
    there was a good deal of kissing before we parted
    she can't bear to be parted from her daughter again
  3. give up possession of; hand over.
    even quite small companies parted with large sums
  4. separate (the hair of the head on either side of the parting) with a comb.
    his hair was centrally parted
adverb
  1. to some extent; partly (often used to contrast different parts of something).
    the city is now part slum, part consumer paradise

Old English (denoting a part of speech), from Latin pars, part- . The verb (originally in Middle English in the sense ‘divide into parts’) is from Old French partir, from Latin partire, partiri ‘divide, share’.

Information about part

Hyphenation of part

part

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • part is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

part synonyms

Meaning portion:

portion, component

Meaning region:

region

Meaning section:

section, division

Meaning function:

function, office, role

Meaning piece:

piece

Meaning character:

character, role, persona

Meaning share:

share, portion, percentage

Meaning contribution:

contribution, share

Meaning voice:

voice

Meaning parting:

parting

Meaning separate:

separate, split, break, divide, disunite

Meaning depart:

depart, start

Meaning partially:

partially, partly

Meaning a small piece, part, or quantity of something:

bit

Meaning a portion or share of something:

slice

Meaning a thick, solid piece of something:

chunk

Meaning a compact mass of a substance, especially one without a definite or regular shape:

lump

Meaning a large piece of something, especially food, cut or broken off a larger piece:

hunk

Meaning a piece of wood, metal, etc. having one thick end and tapering to a thin edge, that is driven between two objects or parts of an object to secure or separate them:

wedge

Meaning an isolated or incomplete part of something:

fragment

Meaning a small piece or amount of something, especially one that is left over after the greater part has been used:

scrap

Meaning each of the parts into which something is or may be divided:

segment

Meaning a part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole:

proportion

Meaning a numerical quantity that is not a whole number (e.g. 1/2, 0.5):

fraction

Meaning the action of speaking or acting on behalf of someone or the state of being so represented:

representation

Meaning a depiction of someone or something in a work of art or literature; a picture:

portrayal

Meaning the action of depicting something, especially in a work of art:

depiction

Meaning the fact or condition of being involved with or participating in something:

involvement

Meaning the end part of a person's arm beyond the wrist, including the palm, fingers, and thumb:

hand

Meaning a paid position of regular employment:

job

Meaning a piece of work to be done or undertaken:

task

Meaning activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result:

work

Meaning the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone:

responsibility

Meaning the maximum amount that something can contain:

capacity

Meaning a long, sturdy piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground and used as a support or marker:

post

Meaning a place where someone or something is located or has been put:

position

Meaning the action of taking part in something:

participation

Meaning anxiety; worry:

concern

Meaning a principal administrative division of a country or empire:

province

Meaning go away from:

leave

Meaning move from one place to another; travel:

go

Meaning depart quickly or hurriedly; run away:

skedaddle

Meaning leave or go away from a place quickly:

scram

Meaning voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up:

relinquish

Meaning go without (something desirable):

forgo

Meaning stop resisting to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority:

surrender

Meaning formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession):

renounce

Meaning get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable:

discard

Meaning cease to support or look after (someone); desert:

abandon

Meaning offer or kill as a religious sacrifice:

sacrifice

Meaning produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product):

yield

Meaning give up (power or territory):

cede

Meaning to a certain extent; partly:

half

Meaning in relation, comparison, or proportion to something else:

relatively

Meaning to a moderate degree as compared to something else; relatively:

comparatively

Meaning to a certain extent; quite; fairly:

moderately

Meaning to a moderate extent or by a moderate amount; rather:

somewhat

Meaning in an partial or unfinished manner:

incompletely

Meaning very close to; almost:

nearly

Meaning not quite; very nearly:

almost

Meaning to a small degree; not considerably:

slightly

Meaning only just; almost not:

barely, scarcely

Meaning in a way that lacks the quality or quantity required; unsatisfactorily:

inadequately

Meaning to an inadequate degree; not enough:

insufficiently

part antonyms

Meaning a thing that is complete in itself:

whole

Meaning the whole of something:

entirety

Meaning reach a place at the end of a journey or a stage in a journey:

arrive

Meaning arrange or happen to come into the presence or company of (someone):

meet

Meaning buy or obtain (an asset or object) for oneself:

acquire

Meaning totally; utterly:

completely

Translation of part

Anagrams of part

prat, rapt, tarp, trap

Words that rhyme with part

Ascapart, apart, askapart, unapart, subpart, bepart, depart, forepart, misdepart, predepart, repart, somepart, thinkingpart, mouthpart, antipart, clipart, multipart, planipart, tripart, unipart, Quelpart, champart, compart, empart, impart, preimpart, rampart, reimpart, stimpart, Chopart, copart, sandopart, afterpart, counterpart, overpart, purpart, underpart, upperpart, dispart, mispart, spart, outpart, Ascupart, Poupart

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