part
noun
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent.
have been parting
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present perfect progressiveof part.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Had it not been for the sound of firing, which still continued, and for the walls denuded of pictures, they might have been parting at the head of the stairs at a house-party.
From The Last Shot by Palmer, Frederick
Power went away with the most conventional of handshakes—we might have been parting in Pall Mall—and I was left alone, monarch of all I surveyed.
From The City in the Clouds by Gull, C. Ranger
