part

1. 1

   A portion; a component.; A fraction of a whole.

   • Gaul is divided into three parts.
   • I was in Australia part of last year.
2. 2

   A portion; a component.; A distinct element of something larger.

   • The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle.
3. 3

   A portion; a component.; A group inside a larger group.

4. 4

   A portion; a component.; Share, especially of a profit.

   • I want my part of the bounty.
5. 5

   A portion; a component.; 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. 6

   A portion; a component.; 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.

7. 7

   A portion; a component.; A section of a document.

   • Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2.
8. 8

   A portion; a component.; 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.
9. 9

   A portion; a component.; A factor.dated

   • 3 is a part of 12.
10. 10

    A portion; a component.; A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.US

syn. part

1. 1

   To leave the company of (each other, or someone/something [with with or from]).intransitive

   • 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.
2. 2

   To divide in two.transitive

   • to part the curtains
3. 3

   To cut hair with a parting.transitive

4. 4

   To be divided in two or separated.intransitive

   • A rope parts. His hair parts in the middle.
5. 5

   To divide up; to share.archaictransitive

   • 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 […]
6. 6

   To have a part or share; to partake.intransitiveobsolete

   • They shall part alike.
7. 7

   To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.transitive

   • The narrow seas that part / The French and English.
   • While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
8. 8

   To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.obsoletetransitive

   • The stumbling night did part our weary powers.
9. 9

   To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.transitive

   • to part gold from silver
10. 10

    To leave; to quit.archaictransitive

    • since presently your souls must part your bodies

1. 1

   Fractional; partial.not-comparable

   • Fred was part owner of the car.

1. 1

   Partly; partially; fractionally.not-comparable

   • Part finished
2. 2

   to a partial degree.not-comparable

   • My Native American friend is also part German and part French.