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/pɑːt/
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/pɑɹt/
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/pɐːt/
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/pɑɹt/
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[p(ʰ)äɹt]
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/pæɹt/
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pɑːt
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pɑɹt
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pɐːt
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Noun
A portion; a component. A fraction of a whole.
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Gaul is divided into three parts.
I was in Australia part of last year.
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Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
America’s poverty line is $63 a day for a family of four. In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the poverty barrier. But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 ([…]): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.
A portion; a component. A distinct element of something larger.
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The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle.
It had been arranged as part of the day's programme that Mr. Cooke was to drive those who wished to go over the Rise in his new brake.
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A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.
A portion; a component. A group inside a larger group.
A portion; a component. Share, especially of a profit.
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I want my part of the bounty.
A portion; a component. A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
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The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water.
This pastry is one part butter to three parts flour.
A portion; a component. 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
A portion; a component. A section of a document.
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Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2.
A portion; a component. A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
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[…] the Faery knight / Besought that Damzell suffer him depart, / And yield him readie passage to that other part.
A portion; a component. A factor.
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3 is a part of 12.
A portion; a component. A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
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A portion; a component. A private part; genitalia.
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She wasn't wearing her medieval clothes anymore — she wasn't wearing anything. She was completely starkers — completely Billy bollocks. You could see everything even her part.
Duty; responsibility.
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to do one’s part
Duty; responsibility. Position or role (especially in a play).
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We all have a part to play.
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We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.
He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights,[…], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.
Duty; responsibility. The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
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The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging.
Duty; responsibility. Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; “hand”.
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Meaning to gaine thereby, that the fruition of life, cannot perfectly be pleaſing vnto vs, if we ſtand in any feare to looſe it. A man might nevertheleſſe ſay on the contrarie part, that we embrace and claſp this good ſo much the harder, and with more affection, as we perceive it to be leſſe ſure, and feare it ſhould be taken from vs.
He that is not against us is on our part.
Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part.
The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
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The part of his hair was slightly to the left.
In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
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A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
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which maintained so politic a state of evil, that they will not admit any good part to intermingle with them.
men of considerable parts
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great quickness of parts
Verb
To leave the company of (each other, or someone/something [with with or from]).
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He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted.
It was strange to him that a father should feel no tenderness at parting with an only son.
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There is an hour when I must part / From all I hold most dear
his precious bag, which he would by no means part from
"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.[…]."
To divide in two.
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to part the curtains
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I run the canoe into a deep dent in the bank that I knowed about; I had to part the willow branches to get in; and when I made fast nobody could a seen the canoe from the outside.
To cut hair with a parting.
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To be divided in two or separated.
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A rope parts. His hair parts in the middle.
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I see the Red Sea part in front of me I see the desert clouds bleed above me I'm with the prophets on the final destiny We'll fight the heathens and the ghost enemy This is the prophecy
To divide up; to share.
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He that hath ij. cootes, lett hym parte with hym that hath none: And he that hath meate, let him do lyke wyse.
He left three sonnes, his famous progeny, / Borne of faire Inogene of Italy; / Mongst whom he parted his imperiall state […]
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They parted my raiment among them.
to part his throne, and share his heaven with thee
Her friend parted his breakfast — a scanty mess of coffee and some coarse bread — with the child and her grandfather, and inquired whither they were going.
To have a part or share; to partake.
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They shall part alike.
To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
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The narrow seas that part / The French and English.
While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
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The stumbling night did part our weary powers.
To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
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to part gold from silver
The liver minds his own affair,[…]/ And parts and strains the vital juices.
To leave; to quit.
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since presently your souls must part your bodies
To leave (an IRC channel).
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He parted the channel saying "SHUTUP!"[…]so I queried him, asking if there was something I could do[…]maybe talk[…]so we did[…]since then, I've been seeing him on IRC every day (really can't imagine him not being on IRC anymore actually).
Adjective
Fractional; partial.
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Fred was part owner of the car.
Adverb
Partly; partially; fractionally.
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Part finished
to a partial degree.
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- with reference to a person's ethnicity
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My Native American friend is also part German and part French.
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something determined in relation to something that includes it
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he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself
I read a portion of the manuscript
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the smaller component is hard to reach
the animal constituent of plankton
something less than the whole of a human artifact
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the rear part of the house
glue the two parts together
a portion of a natural object
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they analyzed the river into three parts
he needed a piece of granite
that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation
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it requires vigilance on our part
they resisted every effort on his part
the extended spatial location of something
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the farming regions of France
religions in all parts of the world
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regions of outer space
the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
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the function of a teacher
the government must do its part
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play its role
an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
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she played the part of Desdemona
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
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he wanted his share in cash
one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
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the written part of the exam
the finance section of the company
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the BBC's engineering division
a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
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his part was right in the middle
the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
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he tried to sing the tenor part
the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
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I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project
they all did their share of the work
an item that is an instance of some type
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he designed a new piece of equipment
she bought a lovely piece of china
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my dog swallowed a Lego part
Adverb
to some extent; in some degree; not wholly
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I felt partly to blame
He was partially paralyzed
Verb
go one's own way; move apart
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The friends separated after the party
discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
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The business partners broke over a tax question
The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
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My friend and I split up
depart for someplace
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The family took off for Florida
move or break apart
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The two pieces that we had glued separated
force, take, or pull apart
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He separated the fighting children
Moses parted the Red Sea