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part

UK/pɑːt//pɑɹt/

part noun: a fraction of a whole.

Noun

part (plural parts)

  1. A fraction of a whole.
    • Gaul is divided into three parts.
    • I was in Australia part of last year.
  2. A distinct element of something larger.
    • 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.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
  3. A group inside a larger group.
    Synonyms:
    faction, party
  4. Share, especially of a profit.
    • I want my part of the bounty.
  5. A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
    • The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water.
    • This pastry is one part butter to three parts flour.
  6. 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
  7. A section of a document.
    • Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2.
  8. A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
    • […] the Faery knight / Besought that Damzell suffer him depart, / And yield him readie passage to that other part.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  9. (dated) A factor.
    • 3 is a part of 12.
  10. (US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
  11. (colloquial, euphemistic) A private part; genitalia.
    • 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.2022, Herschel K. Stroganoff, The Herc Braveman Adventures
  12. Duty; responsibility.
    • to do one’s part
    Synonyms:
    hand
    1. Position or role (especially in a play).
      • We all have a part to play.
      • 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...1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
    2. The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
      • The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging.
    3. Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; “hand”.
      • 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...1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 15, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 356
      • He that is not against us is on our part.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 9:40
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  1. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
    • The part of his hair was slightly to the left.
    Synonyms:
    parting, shed, shoad, shode
  2. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
    Synonyms:
    chelek
  3. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
    • which maintained so politic a state of evil, that they will not admit any good part to intermingle with them.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • men of considerable parts1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC

Verb

part (third-person singular simple present parts, present participle parting, simple past and past participle parted)

  1. (intransitive) To leave the company of (each other, or someone/something [with with or from]).
    • He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • It was strange to him that a father should feel no tenderness at parting with an only son.1879, Anthony Trollope, John Caldigate
  2. (transitive) To divide in two.
    • to part the curtains
    • 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.1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC
  3. (transitive) To cut hair with a parting.
  4. (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated.
    • A rope parts. His hair parts in the middle.
    • 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 prophecy2004, “Prophecy”, in Max Cavalera (lyrics), Max Cavalera (music), Prophecy, performed by Soulfly, Track 1
  5. (archaic, transitive) To divide up; to share.
    • He that hath ij. cootes, lett hym parte with hym that hath none: And he that hath meate, let him do lyke wyse.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke
    • He left three sonnes, his famous progeny, / Borne of faire Inogene of Italy; / Mongst whom he parted his imperiall state […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  6. (intransitive, obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake.
    • They shall part alike.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 30:24
  7. (transitive) To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
    • The narrow seas that part / The French and English.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 24:51
  8. (obsolete, transitive) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
    • The stumbling night did part our weary powers.c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  9. (transitive) To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
    • to part gold from silver
    • The liver minds his own affair,[…]/ And parts and strains the vital juices.1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Alma: Or, The Progress of the Mind”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC
  10. (archaic, transitive) To leave; to quit.
    • since presently your souls must part your bodies1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
  11. (Internet, transitive) To leave (an IRC channel).
    • 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).2000, Phantom, “Re: Uhm... hi... I guess...”, in alt.support.boy-lovers (Usenet)

Adjective

part (not comparable)

  1. Fractional; partial.
    • Fred was part owner of the car.

Adverb

part (not comparable)

  1. Partly; partially; fractionally.
    • Part finished
  2. to a partial degree.
    • My Native American friend is also part German and part French.

part meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

part in Hindi

fraction of a whole
हिस्सा hissā, भाग bhāg, अंश añś, खंड khaṇḍ, अंग aṅg
position or role, especially in a play
भूमिका bhūmikā

part in Tamil

3.5 cl portion in a drink
ஒருவிழுங்கு oruviḻuṅku
duty, responsibility
பங்கு paṅku
fraction of a whole
பகுதி pakuti, பாகம் pākam, கூறு kūṟu, பின்னம் piṉṉam
distinct element of something larger
பிரிவு pirivu

part in Marathi

fraction of a whole
भाग bhāg

part in Urdu

fraction of a whole
حِصَّہ hissa, قِسْمَت qismat
position or role, especially in a play
کِرْدار kirdār
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part in Bengali
খন্ড khonḍ, অংশ oṅśo, ভূমিকা bhumika
part in Telugu
భాగము bhāgamu, పాత్ర pātra
part in Malayalam
ഭാഗം bhāgaṁ, കിരണം kiraṇaṁ, പങ്ക് paṅkŭ, അവയവം avayavaṁ
part in Kannada
ಅಂಶ aṃśa, ಭಾಗ bhāga, ಅಂಶಿಕ aṃśika, ವಿಭಕ್ತಿ vibhakti
part in Punjabi
ਹਿੱਸਾ hissā
part in Gujarati
ભાગ bhāg, હિસ્સો hisso, અંગ aṅga, ખંડ khaṇḍ
part in Odia
ଅଂଶ aṁśa
part in Sanskrit
अंश aṃśa, भाग bhāga
part in Assamese
ছোৱা süa, ভাগ bhag
part in Nepali
भाग bhāg, अंश aṅśa, हिस्सा hissā
part in Pashto
برخه bárxa, جزء ǰoz, توکی tukáy, رول rol
part in Tagalog
hati, kahati, bahagi
part in Arabic
جُزْء juzʔ, جُزَء juzaʔ, قِسْم qism, جزء guzʔ
part in Malay
bahagian, peranan
part in Indonesian
bagian, peranan
part in Persian
بَخْش baxš, جُزْء joz', پارِه pâre, قِسْمَت ġesmat
part in Thai
ท่อน tɔ̂n, ส่วน sùuan, บทบาท bòt-bàat
part in Vietnamese
phần, vai, vai trò
part in Myanmar
အပိုင်း a.puing:, အခန်း a.hkan:

Examples of part in a sentence

  • 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.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill....
  • In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the poverty barrier.2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11:
  • A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer.2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):
  • We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company...

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Synonyms of part

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Forms of part

Noun
pluralparts
Verb
third-person singular presentparts
present participleparting
past participleparted
pastparted

Past tense of part: parted

Plural of part: 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 sell, exchange”). Akin to Latin portiō (“a portion, part”), parāre (“to make ready, prepare”). Displaced Middle English del, dele (“part”) (from Old English dǣl (“part, distribution”) > Modern English deal (“portion; amount”)), Middle English dale, dole (“part, portion”) (from Old English dāl (“portion”) > Modern English dole), Middle English sliver (“part, portion”) (from Middle English sliven (“to cut, cleave”), from Old English (tō)slifan (“to split”)).

Inherited from Middle English parten, borrowed from Old French partir.

From Middle English part, from the noun.

Words formed from part

Phrases with part

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Questions about part

What does part mean?
Part means a fraction of a whole.
What is part in Hindi?
Part in Hindi is हिस्सा (hissā), भाग (bhāg), अंश (añś). See Part meaning in Hindi.
How do you use part in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is part?
Part can be a noun, a verb, an adjective or an adverb.
How do you pronounce part?
Part is pronounced /pɑːt/ (UK).
What is the plural of part?
The plural of part is parts.

Words near part in the dictionary

  1. parsonship
  2. parsonships
  3. Parsonsian
  4. parsonsine
  5. parsonsite
  6. part
  7. Part A state
  8. part and parcel
  9. Part B state
  10. part brass rags
  11. Part C state

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: part (page history and authors); അംഗം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಅಂಶ (Kannada) (page history and authors); અંગ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଅଂଶ (Odia) (page history and authors); ছোৱা (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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