Part

Definition: Part

Part

Adjective

1. Relating to only part of a whole; "part owner".

Adverb

1. In part; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed".

Noun

1. 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".

2. The extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space".

3. So far as concerns the actor specified; "it requires vigilance on our part" or "they resisted every effort on his part".

4. Something less than the whole of a human artifact: "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together".

5. 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".

6. 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".

7. A portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite".

8. An actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona".

9. Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash".

10. : 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".

11. : the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part".

12. : a line where the hair is parted; "his part was right in the middle".

Verb

1. Go one's own away; move apart; "The friends separated after the party".

2. 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".

3. Leave; "The family took off for Florida".

4. Come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated".

5. Force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea".

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

Date "part" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Aerospace

Census

Literature

Mechanical Engineering

Military

Mining

Tips from 1870

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

Synonyms: Part

Disjunction

Disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair; divorce, part, dispart, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate; set apart, keep apart; insulate, isolate; throw out of gear; cut adrift; loose; unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock; (fix), unpack, unravel; disentangle; set free; (liberate).

Divergence

Verb: diverge, divaricate, radiate; ramify; branch off, glance off, file off; fly off, fly off at a tangent; spread, scatter, disperse; deviate; part; (separate).

Duty

Allegiance, fealty, tie engagement; (promise); part; function, calling; (business).

Fraction

Noun: fraction, fractional part; part.

Crosswords: Part

Czech (part), Dutch (part, Parthian, piece, share), French (cut, hand, is leaving, leaves, part, Parthian, piece, portion, proportion, quarter, quota, share, slice, whack), French Canadian (leaves), German (part), Hungarian (bank, beach, coast, land, margin, rive, shore, strand), Romanian (parthian), Swedish (faction, part, Parthian, party, piece, share, side, suitor).

It's part of my job to live that image (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

It's kind of like when you go on vacation: you plan everything out, but then one day you make a wrong turn, or take a detour, and you end up in some crazy place you can't even find on the map, doing something you never thought you'd do. Maybe you feel a little lost while it's happening, but later you realize it was the best part of the whole trip (Threesome; writing credit: Andrew Fleming.)

My favorite part about graduating now will be dodging my student loan officer for the rest of my life (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.)

You know, that was the hardest part about having to betray you, grinning like an idiot every fifteen minutes (Mission: Impossible II; writing credit: Bruce Geller; Ronald D. Moore)

What are we doing here? Who are we? If this is a chance to find out even just a little part of that answer I don't know, I think it's worth a human life (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;)

You're biggest part of me (Biggest Part of Me; performing artist: Ambrosia)

And you're feelin' like a part of you is dying (Things We Do For Love; performing artist: 10 CC)

But part of me is gone (When I'm Gone; performing artist: 3 DOORS DOWN)

I cherish every part of you (Thank God I Found You; performing artist: 98 Degrees)

I realize the best part of love is the thinnest slice (Lost In Love; performing artist: Air Supply)

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. (references; author: Mark Twain)

What part of "thou shalt not" don't you understand? (references; author: unknown)

Bad planning on your part does not necessarily constitute an automatic emergency on my part. (references; author: unknown)

The Godfather: Part II (1974)

Deep Throat Part II (1974)

Part 3: Debbie and Robert: 12-24 Months Child (1974)

Down to Earth Part IV: The Fourth Revolution (1974)

The Hard Part Begins (1973)

Molde Canticle Part 4 (performing artist: Jan Garbarek)

ROCK AND ROLL PART 2  (performing artist: Gary Glitter )

WHERE THE PART AT (performing artist: JAGGED EDGE W/NELLY)

Shout Part I (performing artist: Joey Dee and The Starliters)

Spanish Inquisition Part 1 (performing artist: Monty Python)

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

References

• Compagnie Financiere de la Part Dieu: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The World Market for Circular, Slitting, or Slotting Saw Blades with Working Part of Steel: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Address To The Government Of The United States On The Cession Of Louisiana (Notable American Authors) Series - Part I) (reference)

• Recursion Theory, Godel's Theorems, Set Theory, Model Theory (Mathematical Logic: A Course With Exercises, Part II) (reference)

• Standards of ethical conduct for employees of the executive branch : final regulation issued by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, codified in 5 C.F.R. part 2635 (reference)

• Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part F: Coelenterata (reference)

• The Three Steps to Super.Human.Software: Compare, Coexist, Migrate. from Microsoft Exchange to Lotus Domino. Part Two: Coexistence and Migration (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Part 11 Compliance Report (reference)

• British Columbia Gazette - Part 2 (reference)

• Foundation Directory - Part 2 (reference)

• Japanese Journal Of Applied Physics Part 1 Regular Papers & Short Notes C-W Part 2 Letters - Microfilm (reference)

• Sensors & Actuators - Part A - Physical Sensors (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Standard Deviants - Big Business Pack (Business Law, Accounting Parts 1 & 2, Finance Part 1, Marketing) (reference)

• Absolutely Fabulous - Series 4, Part 1 (reference)

• Electric Light Orchestra Part II: Access All Areas (reference)

• Training for Sport Specific Speed Part 2, Lateral Speed & Agility (reference)

• The Standard Deviants - Algebra, Part 1 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• The Good Book's (Accurate) Jail of Escape Dust Coordinates, Part 2 (reference)

• Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato - Original Soundtrack, Part 1 (1979 Anime Series) [IMPORT] [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• The 4-Minute Cylinder Part 2 (reference)

• Techno Completion Part 1 [IMPORT] (reference)

• Consecration: The Final Recordings Part 2 [BOX SET] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Dominion Tank Police Part 2 (reference)

• GP-1 Part 2 (reference)

• Scanaid Consumable Part Kit for M3093ex/gx/de/dg Scanpartner 93gx (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Freud RP-KIT Spare Part Kit For Freud RP1000 Or RP2000 Raised Panel Cutter (reference)

• Melnor 9538 Full or Part Circle Pulsating Sprinkler with Metal Head (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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

Several adolescent women are painting a fence on a summer day. A farmhouse and mountains can be seen in the background of Utah landscape. These young women are part of a larger Mormon family. The Mormons are presently being studied for their low cancer death rate. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Several young children can be seen playing with toy trucks and their pet rabbits. They are outdoors on a summer day, building a play construction site. A farmstyle house and mountains can be seen in the background. These people are part of a large Mormon family who are being studied for their low cancer death rate. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

As part of the national immunization effort, a doctor is giving a measles vaccination to a young boy at Fernbank School in Atlanta, Georgia, 1962. Credit: CDC.

Demonstration of rodent control practices being provided to community leaders as part of CDC's community involvement and support activities. Credit: CDC.

"Visual Derivatives, Part 1" by Tom Tredon. Calculus teachers: click on Edit inside DPGraph for an explanation.

Most of the eastern U.S. was cloud free October 11.  Such widespread cloudlessness in this part of the world is rare. These clear skies are associated with a region of high pressure over the eastern central U.S. Credit: NASA.

On the right is part of the first image taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope's (HST) Wide ... Credit: NASA.

One peek into a small part of the sky, one giant leap back in time. The Hubble telescope has ... Credit: NASA.

Comet P/Halley as taken March 8, 1986 by W. Liller, Easter Island, part of the International Halley Watch (IHW) Large Scale Phenomena Network. Credit: NASA.

These are the Anti-Atlas Mountains, part of the Atlas Mountain range in southern Morocco, Africa. The region contains some of the world's largest and most diverse mineral resources, most of which are still untouched. Credit: NASA.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

An oath, moreover, has been taken, as well on our part as on the art of the barons, that all these conditions aforesaid shall be kept in good faith and without evil intent. (reference)

And the taking of this or that part, does not depend on the express consent of all the commoners. (Second Treatise of Government)

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate. (reference)

This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution. (reference)

And if they can open it at all, what part of it are they forbidden to read or to oey? (reference)

The bourgeoisie, historically, has played a most revolutionary part. (reference)

Whereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom." (Abraham Lincoln)

This substitution shall not entail any payment on the part of the French State. (reference)

Indeed, it was at Westminster that I received a very large part of my education in politics, dialectic, rhetoric, and one or two other things. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

That very dear part of Emma, her fancy, received an amusing supply

This she found the hardest part of all.

They shone in every part of the dance like moons

So much being known, it would appear natural that a part of it should be expressed

But when we see one, the shock is violent, and we are compelled to decide and take part, for or against

His silent watchful manner had grown upon him and he took little part in the games

This interchange of love, I here protest, Upon my part shall be inviolable

In the last part of May the sky grew pale and the clouds that had hung in high puffs for so long in the spring were dissipated

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

The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Enrolling in Part B is your choice. (references)

Foxes are part of the canine family. (references)

Make this part of your daily routine. (references)

Business

A good part of the production is exported worldwide. (references)

These imports form the majority part of 'gray' market. (references)

For its part, Colima needs Jalisco markets for its products. (references)

Children

Chile

A 1996 UNICEF report stated that 34 percent of children under 12 years of age experience serious physical violence, although only 3.2 percent of the victims of intrafamily violence reported to the Carabineros family affairs unit were below the age of 18. A 1994 law on intrafamily violence was designed in part to address this problem. (references)

Ethiopia

The maternal mortality rate is extremely high due, in part, to food taboos for pregnant women, poverty, early marriage, and birth complications related to FGM, especially infibulation. (references)

Botswana

It also continued to allocate a large part of its investment expenditures to construct primary and secondary schools, so children have ready access to education. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cyprus

The Turkish Government stated that it could not implement the ECHR's decision, arguing that the land in question is not Turkish but is part of the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus." During the year, the Council of Europe continued to call on the Turkish Government to comply with the Court's decision. (references)

Estonia

On June 29, President Lennaert Meri refused to promulgate the law, declaring, in part, that it constituted an intrusion into the sphere of autonomy of religious institutions. (references)

Laos

The Front strongly encourages all other Protestant groups to become a part of the Lao Evangelical Church. (references)

Discrimination

Brazil

In Sao Paulo in October, the country's first Homosexual Defender office began to function, funded in part by a grant from the federal Ministry of Justice. (references)

Ukraine

The Constitution prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sex, and other grounds; however, due in part to the absence of an effective judicial system, the Government does not enforce these provisions effectively. (references)

Uganda

The continued instability in the north led to violations of the rights of some Acholi, an ethnic group that comprises a significant part of the population. (references)

Economic History

Netherlands

Labor costs in the Netherlands represent a large part of overall production costs. (references)

Nepal

The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has also played an active role in terms of publicizing cases of misconduct on the part of GON officials. (references)

Netherlands

Structural and regulatory reforms have been an integral part of a major reorientation of Dutch economic policy since the early eighties. (references)

Human Rights

Azerbaijan

In April 2000, the first qualifying exams for judges were administered as part of a judicial reform effort, but credible allegations that judgeships were bought and sold persist. (references)

Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum reported 2,245 cases of torture during the year as part of a campaign of political violence. (references)

Bahrain

Until February 14, the Government had held in detention hundreds of Shi'a for offenses involving "national security." In June 1999, the Government gradually began releasing incarcerated individuals as part of an Amiri decree calling for the release or pardon of more than 350 Shi'a political prisoners, detainees, and exiles. (references)

Indigenous People

Chile

Several Mapuche families continued to object to exchanging traditional lands for other property as part of the Ralco hydroelectric project. (references)

Congo

Pygmies were marginalized severely in the areas of employment, health, and education, in part due to their isolation in remote forested areas of the country. (references)

Gabon

In July and August, a local NGO conducted a study, funded by UNICEF, of the Bukoya Pygmy population in the northeastern part of the country. (references)

Minorities

Mauritius

The MPI last met in August 2000. In addition a group of citizens based in the northern part of the country formed an NGO in March 1999 geared toward promoting ethnic unity. (references)

Tonga

Later in 2000, the hereditary noble of a district in the western part of Tongatapu announced that Chinese-owned stores were banned from his district, and at approximately the same time, the Ministry of Labor, Commerce, and Industries froze the issuing of new licenses for small-scale retail stores. (references)

Lesotho

Christians are scattered throughout the country, while Muslims are found mainly in the northeastern part of the country. (references)

Political Economy

TAIWAN

Taiwan will reduce or eventually eliminate such subsidies as part of its commitments to WTO accession. (references)

Sudan

The abductions are part of traditional warfare in which the victor takes women and children as a bounty and frequently tries to absorb them into their own tribe, and there are traditional methods of negotiating and returning the women who are taken in these raids. (references)

Singapore

After questioning two persons who took part in a December 2000 program at the Corner, police issued a letter of warning and a notice in January that events at the Corner that might be viewed as demonstrations or rallies required permits. (references)

Political Rights

Guatemala

The former Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity guerrillas met all legal requirements for qualification as a political party and competed in the 1999 general elections and won nine seats in Congress as part of a coalition with a much smaller party. (references)

Hong Kong

The U.N. Human Rights Committee in November 1999 also expressed concern that the abolition of the municipal councils would "diminish the opportunity of Hong Kong residents to take part in the conduct of public affairs." Hong Kong sends 36 delegates to China's National People's Congress (NPC). These 36 individuals are potentially an important group, since placing proposed amendments to the Basic Law on the agenda of the NPC requires the approval of two-thirds of Hong Kong's NPC delegates. (references)

Mauritania

A countrywide census, taken at the end of 1998 and designed to register all citizens and standardize the current complex system of names, also was aimed in part at providing the basis for free and fair elections. (references)

Trade

Lebanon

Ministries and other public bodies play a part in the implementation of the program. (references)

Bangladesh

This is true whether the importer is private or part of the Bangladesh Government and whether or not the importer is being financed by a multilateral institution or bilateral donor agency or government. (references)

Australia

Any additional information applied and/or labeled on the packages must be true and may not contradict or obscure the information required as part of the trade description. (references)

Travel

Thailand

Eating is an important part of the Thai group-oriented culture . Thai food has become internationally popular because of its sophistication and variety . The staples of this cuisine include rice, noodles, vegetables, meats, fish, spices and chilies . Thai food can be enjoyed in a wide variety of venues, from street-side kiosks to elegant world-class restaurants . In addition, all other international cuisines are available in the major cities and resort areas ranging from European fine dining, to other Oriental and ethnic restaurants, to American fast food . (references)

Dominican Rep

Business appointments are generally required, but punctuality is not a consistent part of Dominican business practices. (references)

Italy

Europe will move to the Euro as the single currency effective January 1, 2002. The single currency will become part of daily life, and Euro notes and coins will finally come into circulation. (references)

Women

Ghana

In his statement to the tribunal, the teacher said his bank account was out of money, animals had been eating the produce on his farm, and he recently had become impotent, all of which he attributed to witchcraft on the part of the woman. (references)

United Kingdom

The study estimated the true number of rapes and assaults at between 118,000 and 295,000. The study was released as part of a package of government grants and projects aimed at improving the conviction rate for rape and providing women with better protection against domestic violence. (references)

Nigeria

In other areas, a widow is considered a part of her husband's property, to be "inherited" by his family. (references)

Worker Rights

Ghana

The Ghana Federation of Labor (GFL) is intended to serve as an umbrella organization for several other labor unions, which were either previously part of or not encompassed by the Trades Union Congress (TUC). (references)

Ireland

A coalition of NGO's that deal in part with trafficking issues met during the year, but their efforts focused more on smuggling and asylum problems. (references)

Germany

The average workweek for industrial workers is 36 hours in the western part of the country and approximately 39 hours in the eastern states; rest periods for lunch are accepted practices. (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.

Part

Part

Part

Governor of a fourth part

Expressions using "part": a part ♦ a separate part ♦ act a part ♦ act one's part ♦ action part ♦ active part of a timeslot ♦ after part ♦ aircraft part ♦ aliquant part ♦ aliquot part ♦ art and part ♦ attaching part ♦ auto part ♦ back part ♦ back part of shoe ♦ bass part ♦ be art and part in ♦ be in good part ♦ be part and parcel ♦ be part and parcel of ♦ be part of ♦ be part of smb.'s realm ♦ bear a part ♦ bear a part in ♦ becoming part of establishment ♦ being part of smb.'s realm ♦ belly part ♦ better part ♦ better part of ♦ better part of smth. ♦ bit part ♦ black part ♦ body part ♦ bottom part ♦ car part ♦ central part ♦ character part ♦ chief part ♦ complex body part ♦ component part ♦ condition part ♦ constituent part ♦ covered part of the play ground ♦ cut part ♦ declarations part ♦ declarative part ♦ DECT fixed part ♦ DECT portable part ♦ dependent part ♦ detachable part ♦ disposal of a removed part of the human body ♦ do a part ♦ do one's part ♦ eighth part ♦ eightieth part ♦ ex part ♦ external body part ♦ extraneous conductive part ♦ face part ♦ fastening part ♦ female part ♦ female part of a mould ♦ fifth part ♦ fixed part ♦ for my part ♦ for the most part ♦ Fore part ♦ form part of ♦ four part ♦ fourth part ♦ fractional part ♦ front part of stage ♦ front part of the chassis ♦ get inside a part ♦ good part ♦ great part ♦ greater part ♦ handed part ♦ hard part ♦ have a part ♦ heir of the part of the father ♦ hind part of ♦ hinder part ♦ hundredth part ♦ imaginary part ♦ imaginary part of a complex number ♦ important part ♦ in good part ♦ In ill part ♦ in part ♦ inner part of the coma ♦ intermediate part ♦ internal part ♦ introductory part ♦ inward part ♦ it is part of my office to ♦ it was not my part to interfere ♦ it was not your part to say it ♦ lacrimal part of orbicularis oculi muscle ♦ large part ♦ last part. Additional references.

Beginning with "part": part-aboriginal, part-active, part-and, part-and-parcel, part-animated, part-apology, part-arab, part-arabian, part-autobiographical, part-baked, part-bank, part-basque, part-belgian, part-blackout, part-books, part-braided, part-bred, part-built, part-buy, part-cash, part-comedy, part-communist, part-concealed, part-contribution, part-copyist, part-covered, part-cut, part-defiance, part-deiran, part-description, part-develop, part-disposal, part-dragging, part-dried, part-drunken, part-embedded, part-empty, part-english, part-ex, part-exchange, part-exchanged, part-excitement, part-familiar, part-feigned, part-filled, part-filling, part-financed, part-finished, part-flexed, part-founded, part-fraternity, p