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   part

   /pɑːt/

   noun

   • 1. an amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something: "divide the circle into three equal parts" Similar bitslicechunklumphunkwedgefragmentscrapsegmentpieceportionshareproportionpercentagefractiondivisionsectionOpposite wholeentirety
   • ▪ an element or constituent that is essential to the nature of something: "I was part of the family"
   • ▪ a manufactured object assembled with others to make a machine; a component: "the production of aircraft parts" Similar componentbitconstituentelementunitmoduleingredient
   • ▪ a division of a book, periodical, or broadcast serial: "this theme will be further explored in Parts Four and Five of the book" Similar sectiondivisioncomponentvolumechapterpassageactsceneepisodeinstalment
   • ▪ a measure allowing comparison between the amounts of different ingredients used in a mixture: "use a mix of one part cement to five parts ballast"
   • 2. some but not all of something: "the painting tells only part of the story"
   • ▪ a point on or area of something: "hold the furthest part of your leg that you can reach"
   • ▪ a region, especially one not clearly specified or delimited: informal "those of you who jet off to foreign parts for your holidays" Similar districtneighbourhoodquartersectionarearegionsectorzonebeltterritorylocalityinformal:neck of the woods
   • 3. a role played by an actor or actress: "she played a lot of leading parts" Similar roletheatrical rolecharacterpersonarepresentationportrayaldepiction
   • ▪ the words and directions to be learned and performed by an actor in a role: "she was memorizing a part" Similar lineswordsscriptdialoguespeechlibrettobooklyricsscore
   • ▪ a melody or other constituent of harmony assigned to a particular voice or instrument in a musical work: "he coped well with the percussion part"
   • 4. the contribution made by someone or something to an action or situation: "he played a key part in ending the revolt" Similar involvementrolefunctionhandjobtaskworkresponsibilitycapacitypostpositionofficeparticipationbitcontributionconcernprovince
   • ▪ the appropriate or expected behaviour in a particular role or situation; one's duty: "in such a place his part is to make good"
   • 5. abilities. archaic
   • 6. a line of scalp revealed in a person's hair by combing the hair away in opposite directions on either side; a parting: North American "the part in her hair was white and straight"

   verb

   • 1. (of two things) move away from each other: "his lips parted in a smile"
   • ▪ divide to leave a central space: "at that moment the mist parted" Similar separatedividedivide in twosplitsplit in twobreak upmove apartrare:disjoinOpposite join
   • 2. leave someone's company: "there was a good deal of kissing before we parted" Similar leavetake one's leavesay goodbye/farewell/adieusay one's goodbyessay/make one's farewellsseparatebreak upgo one's (separate) waystake oneself offset offbe on one's waygogo awayget goingdepartbe offinformal:splitpush offhit the roadskedaddlescramshove offOpposite arrivemeet
   • 3. give up possession of; hand over: "even quite small companies parted with large sums"
   • 4. separate (the hair of the head on either side of the parting) with a comb: "his hair was centrally parted"

   adverb

   • 1. to some extent; partly (often used to contrast different parts of something): "the city is now part slum, part consumer paradise"

   Word Origin Old English (denoting a part of speech), from Latin pars, part-. The verb (originally in Middle English in the sense ‘divide into parts’) is from Old French partir, from Latin partire, partiri ‘divide, share’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • P

     3

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • T

     1

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