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part meaning

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  • Part may refer to: Part (haircut), in hair Part (mathematics), a relation in mereology Part (music), for one player or singer of a group Parts (book), a 1997 children's book by Tedd Arnold Parts: The Clonus Horror, 1979 film Parts of Lincolnshire, England; divisions
  • NounPLpartsPREpar-
    1. (heading) A portion; a component.
      1. Gaul is divided into three parts. ‎
      2. The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle. ‎
      3. I want my part of the bounty. ‎
      4. The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water. ‎
      5. Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2. ‎
      6. the Faery knight / Besought that Damzell suffer him depart, / And yield him readie passage to that other part.
      7. 3 is a part of 12. ‎
    2. Duty; responsibility.
      1. to do one’s part ‎
      2. We all have a part to play. ‎
      3. The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging. ‎
      4. the fruition of life cannot perfectly be pleasing unto us, if we stand in any feare to lose it. A man might nevertheless say on the contrary part, that we embrace and claspe this good so much the harder, and with more affection, as we perceive it to be less sure, and feare it should be taken from us.
    3. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions. syn. transl.
      1. The part of his hair was slightly to the left. ‎
    4. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds. syn.
      1. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
      2. VerbSGpartsPRpartingPT, PPparted
        1. VI To leave.
          1. To cut hair with a parting; shed.
            1. VT To divide in two.
              1. to part the curtains ‎
            2. VI To be divided in two or separated; shed.
              1. A rope parts.  His hair parts in the middle. ‎
            3. VT (now rare) To divide up; to share.
              1. OBS To have a part or share; to partake.
                1. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
                  1. OBS To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
                    1. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
                      1. to part gold from silver ‎
                    2. To leave; to quit.
                      1. VT (Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
                      2. Adjective
                        1. Fractional; partial.
                          1. Fred was part owner of the car.
                      3. Adverb
                        1. Partly; partially; fractionally.
                          1. Part finished ‎
                      4. More Examples
                        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
                          • Uncoupling of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation is caused by excessive free cytosolic Ca 2+ which is instrumental in directing the cells to follow the executionary part of apoptosis.
                          • Note: Often used locally without the first part of the name e.g. for Manchester United
                          • The mood is big city, with flashes of madcap mischief, craziness and devilry on the part of Rabbit and (especially) Rogue; the Rag Couple, sometimes ballroomy, have notes of tension and dispute.
                        2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
                          • Part of the magic of her poetry was her ability to have her words assonate in the most propitious places ‎
                          • Part of what I feel in this city is solastalgia, not so much for buildings as for the routines I established around those buildings: the walk to visit friends in the CBD, the stroll to the cinema.
                          • Part of the spectacularism is all the glory the client gets for what we do.
                        3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
                          • Because of their urgency the agent is air-freighting the parts.
                          • We were going to cast him in our new movie but unfortunately he didn't look the part.
                          • To expedite their arrival they would air ship the parts.

                      Meaning of part for the defined word.

                      Grammatically, this word "part" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also an adverb, more specifically, an uncomparable adverb. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.
                      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
                        1. Adjectives
                          • Uncomparable adjectives
                          • Adverbs
                            • Uncomparable adverbs
                            • Nouns
                              • Countable nouns
                              • Verbs
                                • Intransitive verbs
                                  • Transitive verbs
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