For The Most Part

Definition: For The Most Part

For The Most Part

Adverb

1. In large part; mainly or chiefly; "These accounts are largely inactive".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: For The Most Part

Generality

Generally; Adjective: always, for better for worse; in general, generally speaking; speaking generally; for the most part; in the long run; (on an average).

Greatness

Adverb: truly; (truth); decidedly, unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically, downright, in all conscience; for the most part, in the main.

Impulse

As a rule, for the most part; usually, generally, typically; Adjective: most often, most frequently.

Crosswords: For The Most Part

Books

• Pistis Sophia: A Gnostic Miscellany: Being for the Most Part Extracts from the Books of the Saviour, to Which Are Added Excerpts from a Cognate lite (reference)

• George Ryley Mr Herbert's Temple and Church Militant Explained and Improved (Satire and Sense: Important Texts for the Most Part Dramatic from the R) (reference)

• Lady Ottoline's Album: Snapshots and Portraits of Her Famous Contemporaries (And of Herself), Photographed for the Most Part by Lady Ottoline morrell (reference)

• The Sirdar's sabre; being for the most part the adventure of Sirdar Bahadur Mohammed Khan (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The ulcerations are for the most part painless, and granulomatous in nature, i.e. chronic inflammation. The C. granulomatis bacterium is a bipolar, Gram negative organism, previously name Donovania granulomatis. Credit: CDC.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Men, at first, for the most part, contented themselves with what unassisted nature offered to their necessities: and though afterwards, in some parts of the world, (where the increase of people and stock, with the use of money, had made land scarce, and so of some value) the several communities settled the bounds of their distinct territories, and by laws within themselves regulated the properties of the private men of their society, and so, by compact and agreement, settled the property which labour and industry began; and the leagues that have been made between several states and kingdoms, either expresly or tacitly disowning all claim and right to the land in the others possession, have, by common consent, given up their pretences to their natural common right, which originally they had to those countries, and so have, by positive agreement, settled a property amongst themselves, in distinct parts and parcels of the earth; yet there are still great tracts of ground to be found, which (the inhabitants thereof not having joined with the rest of mankind, in the consent of the use of their common money) lie waste, and are more than the people who dwell on it do, or can make use of, and so still lie in common; tho' this can scarce happen amongst that part of mankind that have consented to the use of money. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

All holding the plateau, nobody held it, and in fact it remained for the most part with the English.

I shall not trouble the reader with a particular account of this voyage, which was very prosperous for the most part.

It was dark, and had a dirt floor for the most part, dank, clammy, and aguish, only here a board and there a board which would not bear removal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Acute pain, for the most part, results from disease, inflammation, or injury to tissues. (references)

Although these devices do not meet the essential criteria listed above and are affected by motion artifact, they can, for the most part, reliably recognize conditions of tachycardia and bradycardia. (references)

Chiropractic's usefulness as a treatment for back pain is, for the most part, restricted to a select group of individuals with uncomplicated acute low back pain who may derive relief from the massage component of the therapy. (references)

Business

Credit is, for the most part, allocated by the private financial market. (references)

Foreign revenues for the most part originate from other European Union member states. (references)

Reliable published statistics for this sector are, for the most part, not yet available. (references)

Children

Congo

Public sentiment for the most part rested with the police, since the Kinshasa population is distrustful of street children. (references)

Canada

The law mandates access to buildings for persons with disabilities, and for the most part the Government enforces these provisions. (references)

Civil Liberties

Afghanistan

All other newspapers were published only sporadically, and for the most part were affiliated with different factions. (references)

Economic History

Sri Lanka

The screening mechanism is non-discriminatory and for the most part routine. (references)

Panama

The agency is for the most part active and respected, yet remains underfunded. (references)

Uae

The sharia and civil legal systems exist concurrently for the most part in the UAE. (references)

Human Rights

Tajikistan

Judges at the local, regional, and national level for the most part are poorly trained and lack understanding of the concept of an independent judiciary. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

International community representatives were given widespread and for the most part unhindered access to detention facilities and prisoners in both entities. (references)

Minorities

Micronesia

However, for the most part, noncitizens share fully in the social and cultural life of the country. (references)

Political Economy

Pakistan

Pakistan's press publishes freely for the most part. (references)

CHINA

U.S. firms reported that the extra delays caused by these measures had for the most part ended by mid-1999. (references)

Morocco

Islamists are for the most part divided between those who have elected to cooperate with the regime and those who have not. (references)

Trade

France

These are for the most part safety and health standards on the product itself. (references)

Colombia

While the Colombian Government still directs credit to some areas (notably agriculture), credit is, for the most part, allocated by the private financial market. (references)

Taiwan

Taiwan's sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards are, for the most part, different from U.S. standards or those established by international regulatory bodies such as the Office of International Epizootic (OIE) or the Codex Alimentarius. (references)

Travel

New Zealand

Hotel and restaurants are abundant and for the most part reasonably priced. (references)

Bolivia

Visiting U.S. travelers will find that their Bolivian counterparts for the most part are adept and sophisticated in their respective field of interest. (references)

Saudi Arabia

For the most part travelers can rely on the usual Western manners and standards of politeness to see them through, with a few additional rules that may be observed. (references)

Worker Rights

Ireland

The law prohibits forced or compulsory labor, and for the most part, such practices were not known to have occurred. (references)

Bahrain

Forced or compulsory labor is prohibited by law; however, in practice the labor laws apply for the most part only to citizens, and abuses occur, particularly in the cases of domestic servants and those working illegally. (references)

Laos

Labor recruiters in the country usually are citizens with experience in cross-border labor and, for the most part, with no connection to organized crime, commercial sexual exploitation, or the practice of involuntary servitude. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Afrikaans

merendeels (for the greater part, mostly). (various references)

Chinese 

大都 (general, on the whole), 大多 (many, most, mostly, the greater part). (various references)

Czech

povìtšinì. (various references)

Dutch

grotendeels (for the greater part, mostly), goeddeels (for the greater part). (various references)

Esperanto

grandparte (for the greater part), ĉefparte (for the greater part). (various references)

Finnish

suurimmaksi osaksi (chiefly, mostly), parhaastaan (chiefly, mostly), päällisesti (chiefly, mostly, predominantly, primarily, principally), enimmäkseen (chiefly, most commonly, mostly), enemmältä osalta. (various references)

French

pour la plus part (for the greater part). (various references)

German

größtenteils (in the main, mostly). (various references)

Greek 

κυρίως (primarily), εν γένει. (various references)

Hungarian

jobbára (mostly). (various references)

Italian

per lo più (for the greater part, mostly). (various references)

Pig Latin

orfay ethay ostmay artpay

Romanian

mai ales (chiefly, especially, in chief, in particular, mainly, mostly, particularly, specially), de obicei (commonly, habitually, ordinarily), cât priveşte majoritatea, în majoritatea cazurilor (mostly), în cea mai mare parte. (various references)

Russian 

главным образом (chiefly, especially, in the main, mainly, most, mostly, principally), большей частью (in the main, mainly). (various references)

Scottish

h- (is used for the most part to obviate hiatus between). (various references)

Spanish

en su mayor parte (for the greater part), en la mayor parte (mostly). (various references)

Swedish

för det mesta, till största delen. (various references)

Turkish

genellikle (as a general rule, as a rule, at large, by and large, exoterically, generally, in general, largely, normally, on the whole, ordinarily, usually), genelde (altogether, generally, generally speaking, in general, largely, mostly, normally, ordinarily, usually), ekseriyetle (in the main). (various references)

plerumque. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: shatterproof.

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