OTHER WORDS FOR part
13 responsibility.
15 divide.
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Idioms about part
Origin of part
First recorded before 1000; (noun) Middle English (from Old French, from Latin ), Old English, from Latin part- (stem of pars ) “piece, portion”; (verb) Middle English parten, from Old French partir, from Latin partīre, derivative of pars
synonym study for part
1. Part, piece, portion, segment, section, fraction, fragment refer to something that is less than the whole. Part is the general word: part of a house. A piece suggests a part which is itself a complete unit or it may mean an irregular fragment: a piece of pie; a piece of a broken vase. A portion is a part allotted or assigned to a person, purpose, etc.: a portion of food. A segment is often a part into which something separates naturally: a segment of an orange. Section suggests a relatively substantial, clearly separate part that fits closely with other parts to form a whole: a section of a fishing rod, a book. Fraction suggests a less substantial but still clearly delimited part, often separate from other parts: a fraction of his former income. Fragment suggests a broken, inconsequential, incomplete part, with irregular or imprecise outlines or boundaries: a fragment of broken pottery, of information.
OTHER WORDS FROM part
mul·ti·part, adjectivesubpart, nounWords nearby part
Other definitions for part (2 of 2)
part.
abbreviation
participial.
participle.
particular.
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British Dictionary definitions for part (1 of 2)
part
/ (pɑːt) /
noun
verb
adverb
to some extent; partly
See also parts
Word Origin for part
C13: via Old French from Latin partīre to divide, from pars a part
British Dictionary definitions for part (2 of 2)
part.
abbreviation for
participle
particular
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