part
noun
[ pɑːt ]
• an amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something.
• "divide the circle into three equal parts"
Similar:
bit,
slice,
chunk,
lump,
hunk,
wedge,
fragment,
scrap,
segment,
piece,
portion,
share,
proportion,
percentage,
fraction,
division,
section,
• some but not all of something.
• "the painting tells only part of the story"
• a role played by an actor or actress.
• "she played a lot of leading parts"
• the contribution made by someone or something to an action or situation.
• "he played a key part in ending the revolt"
Similar:
involvement,
role,
function,
hand,
job,
task,
work,
responsibility,
capacity,
post,
position,
office,
participation,
bit,
contribution,
concern,
province,
• abilities.
• 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"
part
verb
• (of two things) move away from each other.
• "his lips parted in a smile"
• leave someone's company.
• "there was a good deal of kissing before we parted"
Similar:
leave,
take one's leave,
say goodbye/farewell/adieu,
say one's goodbyes,
say/make one's farewells,
separate,
break up,
go one's (separate) ways,
take oneself off,
set off,
be on one's way,
go,
go away,
get going,
depart,
be off,
split,
push off,
hit the road,
skedaddle,
scram,
shove off,
• give up possession of; hand over.
• "even quite small companies parted with large sums"
Similar:
give up,
relinquish,
forgo,
surrender,
hand over,
deliver up,
let go of,
renounce,
give away,
dispose of,
discard,
abandon,
sacrifice,
yield,
cede,
• separate (the hair of the head on either side of the parting) with a comb.
• "his hair was centrally parted"
part
adverb
• to some extent; partly (often used to contrast different parts of something).
• "the city is now part slum, part consumer paradise"
Similar:
to a certain extent/degree,
to a limited extent/degree,
to some extent/degree,
partly,
partially,
in part,
half,
in some measure,
relatively,
comparatively,
moderately,
(up) to a point,
a little,
somewhat,
not totally,
not wholly,
not entirely,
not fully,
incompletely,
nearly,
very nearly,
almost,
just about,
all but,
slightly,
barely,
scarcely,
fractionally,
inadequately,
insufficiently,
not nearly,
Origin:
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’.
