part

/pɐːt//pɑːt//pɑɹt/

noun

  1. 1

    A portion; a component.

  2. 2

    Duty; responsibility.

    “to do one’s part”
  3. 3

    The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.

    “The part of his hair was slightly to the left.”
  4. 4

    In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.

  5. 5

    A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.

Synonyms

verb

  1. 1

    To leave the company of.

  2. 2

    To cut hair with a parting; shed.

  3. 3

    To divide in two.

    “to part the curtains”
  4. 4

    To be divided in two or separated; shed.

    “A rope parts.  His hair parts in the middle.”
  5. 5

    To divide up; to share.

  6. 6

    To have a part or share; to partake.

  7. 7

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

  8. 8

    To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.

  9. 9

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

    “to part gold from silver”
  10. 10

    To leave; to quit.

  11. 11

    To leave (an IRC channel).

adjective

  1. 1

    Fractional; partial.

    “Fred was part owner of the car.”

adverb

  1. 1

    Partly; partially; fractionally.

    “Part finished”

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