Partnoun
A portion; a component.
Featurenoun
(obsolete) One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily proportions.
Partnoun
A fraction of a whole. t
‘Gaul is divided into three parts.’;
Featurenoun
An important or main item.
Partnoun
A distinct element of something larger.
‘The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle.’;
Featurenoun
(media) A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.
Partnoun
A group inside a larger group. t
Featurenoun
Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).
Partnoun
Share, especially of a profit.
‘I want my part of the bounty.’;
Featurenoun
(computing) A beneficial capability of a piece of software.
Partnoun
A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
‘The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water.’;
Featurenoun
The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic.
‘one of the features of the landscape’;
Partnoun
3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
Featurenoun
(archaeology) Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.
Partnoun
A section of a document.
‘Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2.’;
Featurenoun
(engineering) Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.
Partnoun
A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
Featurenoun
An individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon being observed.
Partnoun
A factor.
‘3 is a part of 12.’;
Featurenoun
(music) The act of being featured in a piece of music.
Partnoun
(US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
Featurenoun
(linguistics) The elements into which linguistic units can be broken down.
Partnoun
Duty; responsibility.
‘to do one’s part’;
Featureverb
(transitive) To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.
Partnoun
Position or role (especially in a play).
‘We all have a part to play.’;
Featureverb
(transitive) To star, to contain.
Partnoun
(music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
‘The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging.’;
Featureverb
(intransitive) To appear, to make an appearance.
Partnoun
Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
Featureverb
To have features resembling.
Partnoun
(US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions. t
‘The part of his hair was slightly to the left.’;
Featurenoun
The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.
‘What needeth it his feature to descrive?’; ‘Cheated of feature by dissembling nature.’;
Partnoun
(Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds. s
Featurenoun
The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. (pl.) The face, the countenance.
‘It is for homely features to keep home.’;
Partnoun
A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
Featurenoun
The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic; as, one of the features of the landscape.
‘And to her service bind each living creatureThrough secret understanding of their feature.’;
Partverb
(intransitive) To leave someone's company; to go way; to die; to get rid of something, stop using it.
Featurenoun
A form; a shape.
‘So scented the grim feature, and upturnedHis nostril wide into the murky air.’;
Partverb
To cut hair with a parting; shed.
Featurenoun
a prominent aspect of something;
‘the map showed roads and other features’; ‘generosity is one of his best characteristics’;
Partverb
(transitive) To divide in two.
‘to part the curtains’;
Featurenoun
the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin;
‘an expression of pleasure crossed his features’; ‘his lineaments were very regular’;
Partverb
(intransitive) To be divided in two or separated; shed.
‘A rope parts.’; ‘His hair parts in the middle.’;
Featurenoun
the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater;
‘the feature tonight is `Casablanca'’;
Partverb
To divide up; to share.
Featurenoun
a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine;
‘they ran a feature on retirement planning’;
Partverb
(obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake.
Featurenoun
an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles
Partverb
To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
Featureverb
have as a feature;
‘This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France’;
Partverb
(obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
Featureverb
wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner;
‘she was sporting a new hat’;
Partverb
To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
‘to part gold from silver’;
Partverb
To leave; to quit.
Partverb
To leave (an IRC channel).
Partadjective
Fractional; partial.
‘Fred was part owner of the car.’;
Partadverb
Partly; partially; fractionally.
‘Part finished’;
Partnoun
One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent.
‘And kept back part of the price, . . . and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles'feet.’; ‘Our ideas of extension and number - do they not contain a secret relation of the parts ?’; ‘I am a part of all that I have met.’;
Partnoun
An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient.
‘An homer is the tenth part of an ephah.’; ‘A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom,And ever three parts coward.’;
Partnoun
A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element.
‘All the parts were formed . . . into one harmonious body.’; ‘The pulse, the glow of every part.’;
Partnoun
That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share; portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office.
‘We have no part in David.’; ‘Accuse not Nature! she hath done her part;Do thou but thine.’; ‘Let me bearMy part of danger with an equal share.’;
Partnoun
A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; - usually in the plural with a collective sense.
‘Which maintained so politic a state of evil, that they will not admit any good part to intermingle with them.’;
Partnoun
One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction.
‘For he that is not against us is on our part.’; ‘Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part.’;
Partnoun
Quarter; region; district; - usually in the plural.
‘All parts resound with tumults, plaints, and fears.’;
Partnoun
A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play; or, figuratively, in real life; as, to play the part of Macbeth. See To act a part, under Act.
‘That partWas aptly fitted and naturally performed.’; ‘It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a calf.’; ‘Honor and shame from no condition rise;Act well your part, there all the honor lies.’;
Partnoun
Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; - the opposite of multiple. Also, a line or other element of a geometrical figure.
Partnoun
One of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc.
Partverb
To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever.
‘There, [celestial love] parted into rainbow hues.’;
Partverb
To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share.
‘To part his throne, and share his heaven with thee.’; ‘They parted my raiment among them.’;
Partverb
To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
‘The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.’; ‘While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.’; ‘The narrow seas that partThe French and English.’;
Partverb
To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants.
‘The stumbling night did part our weary powers.’;
Partverb
To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver.
‘The liver minds his own affair, . . .And parts and strains the vital juices.’;
Partverb
To leave; to quit.
‘Since presently your souls must part your bodies.’;
Partverb
To separate (a collection of objects) into smaller collections; as, to part one's hair in the middle.
Partverb
To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle.
Partverb
To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; - often with from.
‘He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted.’; ‘He owned that he had parted from the duke only a few hours before.’; ‘His precious bag, which he would by no means part from.’;
Partverb
To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; - followed by with or from; as, to part with one's money.
‘Celia, for thy sake, I partWith all that grew so near my heart.’; ‘Powerful hands . . . will not partEasily from possession won with arms.’; ‘It was strange to him that a father should feel no tenderness at parting with an only son.’;
Partverb
To have a part or share; to partake.
Partadverb
Partly; in a measure.
Partnoun
something determined in relation to something that includes it;
‘he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself’; ‘I read a portion of the manuscript’; ‘the smaller component is hard to reach’;
Partnoun
the extended spatial location of something;
‘the farming regions of France’; ‘religions in all parts of the world’; ‘regions of outer space’;
Partnoun
so far as concerns the actor specified;
‘it requires vigilance on our part’; ‘they resisted every effort on his part’;
Partnoun
something less than the whole of a human artifact;
‘the rear part of the house’; ‘glue the two parts together’;
Partnoun
one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole;
‘the written part of the exam’; ‘the finance section of the company’; ‘the BBC's engineering division’;
Partnoun
the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group;
‘the function of a teacher’; ‘the government must do its part’; ‘play its role’;
Partnoun
a portion of a natural object;
‘they analyzed the river into three parts’; ‘he needed a piece of granite’;
Partnoun
an actor's portrayal of someone in a play;
‘she played the part of Desdemona’;
Partnoun
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group;
‘he wanted his share in cash’;
Partnoun
any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor;
‘I am proud of my contribution to the team's success’; ‘they all did their share of the work’;
Partnoun
the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music;
‘he tried to sing the tenor part’;
Partnoun
a line where the hair is parted;
‘his part was right in the middle’;
Partverb
go one's own away; move apart;
‘The friends separated after the party’;
Partverb
discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;
‘The business partners broke over a tax question’; ‘The couple separated after 25 years of marriage’; ‘My friend and I split up’;
Partverb
leave;
‘The family took off for Florida’;
Partverb
come apart;
‘The two pieces that we had glued separated’;
Partverb
force, take, or pull apart;
‘He separated the fighting children’; ‘Moses parted the Red Sea’;
Partadverb
in part; in some degree; not wholly;
‘I felt partly to blame’; ‘He was partially paralyzed’;