PART | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of part in English partnoun uk /pɑːt/ us /pɑːrt/

part noun (SOME)

Add to word list Add to word list A2 [ U ] some but not all of a thing: Part of my steak isn't cooked properly. Part of this form seems to be missing. I think part of her problem is that she doesn't listen carefully enough to what other people say.  in part C2 partly, or to some degree: The deadline for applications is being extended, in part because of the postal strike. See more  in (a) large part to an important degree: How quickly we can finish the project depends in a large part on when we get the payments through. See more  for the most part C1 mostly or usually: He was, for the most part, quite helpful. See more

• Exercise has become part of my daily routine.
• They've enlarged the kitchen by building over part of the garden.
• Politeness is traditionally part of the British character.
• Taking responsibility for yourself is part of the process of growing up.
• Unfortunately, accidents are part of life.

Words meaning parts of things

• back end
• bifurcation
• biomarker
• bivalent
• branch
• cartridge
• element
• modular
• modularity
• modularized
• modularly
• module
• moiety
• neck
• piece
• snatch
• sub-branch
• sub-sector
• subcomponent
• subpart

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part noun (SEPARATE PIECE)

A1 [ C ] a separate piece of something, or a piece that combines with other pieces to form the whole of something: We learned about all the different parts of the digestive system. The lower part of her spine was crushed in the accident. I think there's always a part of you that doubts what you're doing. Fresh fruit and vegetables form an essential/important part of a healthy diet. There'll be snow in parts (= particular areas) of the Midlands tonight. B2 [ C ] one of the pieces that together form a machine or some type of equipment: He works for a company that makes aircraft parts. [ C ] a single broadcast of a series of television or radio programmes or a division of a story: Next week we publish part three of the president's diaries. The programme will be shown in two parts. [ C ] one of two or more equal, or almost equal, measures of something: Mix one part of the medicine with three parts water. B1 [ C ] one of the characters in a film, play, or dance, or the words, actions, or movements that are said or done by that character: He has a small part in the school play. She plays the part of the sexy blonde waitress. Synonym role (ACTING) [ C ] the music that a particular musician plays in a group  these parts informal used to refer to an area of the country: We don't see many foreigners in these parts. See more

• The old city around the cathedral is the most colourful part of town.
• Detach the lower part of the form from this letter and return it to the above address.
• This part of the book isn't very interesting, so I'm going to skip over it.
• It's a real fiddle to assemble because of all the small parts.
• Each part of the organization operates independently of the others.

Words meaning parts of things

• back end
• bifurcation
• biomarker
• bivalent
• branch
• cartridge
• element
• modular
• modularity
• modularized
• modularly
• module
• moiety
• neck
• piece
• snatch
• sub-branch
• sub-sector
• subcomponent
• subpart

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Broadcasting: programmes & other broadcasts Cinema & theatre: casting, roles & scripts Musical pieces

part noun (INVOLVEMENT)

 take part B1 to be involved in an activity with other people: She doesn't usually take part in any of the class activities. See more [ U ] involvement in or responsibility for an activity, or action: He admitted his part in the robbery. I want no part in/of your crazy plans! Taking part and getting involved

• actor
• all in
• along
• attendee
• be (a) party to something idiom
• engage
• hat
• have a dog in the fight idiom
• have a hand in something/doing something
• have a horse in the race idiom
• have skin in the game idiom
• mess
• participate
• participation
• participatory
• pitch
• pitch in phrasal verb
• plunge
• punch
• thick

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part noun (HAIR)

[ C ] US (UK parting) a line on someone's head made by brushing the hair in two different directions: a centre/side part   Glowimages/GettyImages Hairstyles

• Afro puff
• bandeau
• bangs
• Bantu knots
• barnet
• bobbed
• bouffant
• bowl cut
• hair extension
• haircut
• hairstyle
• Mohawk
• Mohican
• pageboy
• permed
• pixie cut
• plait
• pompadour
• pony
• pudding basin

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Idioms

be part and parcel of something the best/better part of dress/look/act the part on the part of someone/on someone's part part of the furniture take someone's part partverb uk /pɑːt/ us /pɑːrt/ C2 [ I or T ] to separate or cause something or someone to separate: The curtains parted, revealing a darkened stage. To be parted from him even for two days made her sad. [ T ] If you part your hair, you arrange it so that it falls on either side of your head by separating it with a line down the middle or on one side. C2 [ I ] formal If two people part, they leave each other, often at the end of a relationship: I'm afraid we parted on very bad terms. Separating and dividing

• apheresis
• atomize
• balkanization
• balkanize
• balkanized
• dismember
• dismemberment
• dissociable
• dissociate
• dissociate yourself from something phrasal verb
• non-detachable
• non-dialysable
• parcel something out phrasal verb
• partible
• periodization
• ungraded
• unjoined
• unmix
• unmixable
• unmixed

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Hair care Relationships: ending & divorce

Idiom

part company

Phrasal verb

part with something partadverb uk /pɑːt/ us /pɑːrt/ partly: He's part African - his father was born in Somalia. The exam is part spoken and part written. Synonyms partially partlyOpposites completely entirely totally wholly Incomplete

• Anglocentric
• Anglocentrism
• broad brush
• demi-
• Eurocentric
• extent
• hemi-
• imperfect
• imperfection
• imperfectly
• in a manner of speaking idiom
• incomplete
• partly
• patchily
• patchiness
• patchy
• scratch/scrape the surface idiom
• semi
• shorthand
• vaguely

See more results » partadjective [ before noun ] uk /pɑːt/ us /pɑːrt/ not total or complete: He's (a) part owner of a racehorse. Part payment is better than no payment. Synonym partial

• He had a part share in a bicycle workshop in Nottingham.
• His trip to Egypt was part holiday and part official state visit.
• We don't know what's the whole truth and what's part truth.

Incomplete

• Anglocentric
• Anglocentrism
• broad brush
• demi-
• Eurocentric
• extent
• hemi-
• imperfect
• imperfection
• imperfectly
• in a manner of speaking idiom
• incomplete
• partly
• patchily
• patchiness
• patchy
• scratch/scrape the surface idiom
• semi
• shorthand
• vaguely

See more results » (Definition of part from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

part | American Dictionary

partnoun us /pɑrt/

part noun (SOME)

Add to word list Add to word list [ C/U ] some but not all of something larger or greater: [ U ] I could only eat part of my dinner. [ C ] Parts of the movie were good. [ U ] Surgeons had to remove part of his lung. [ U ] Part of the problem is that she doesn’t like her boss very much.

part noun (SEPARATE PIECE)

[ C ] a separate piece or unit of something, esp. a piece that combines with other pieces to form the whole of something: The garage stocks auto parts from all current car models. [ C ] A part is also one of two or more equal measures of something: Mix one part vinegar with three parts olive oil. [ C ] A part is also a single broadcast of a series of television programs or a division of a story: Part three will be broadcast Tuesday.

part noun (INVOLVEMENT)

[ C usually sing ] involvement in or responsibility for an activity or action: He admitted his part in the robbery. It was a mistake on Julia’s part (= she was responsible). [ C usually sing ] A part in a movie or play is one of its characters, or the words written for that character: She plays the part of Lady Macbeth. Ben is learning his part for the school play.

part noun (HAIR)

[ C ] a line formed by the hair on a person’s head where the hair is divided

partly

adverb [ not gradable ] us /ˈpɑrt·li/ The house is partly owned by her father.

Idiom

a parting of the ways partverb us /pɑrt/

part verb (SEPARATE)

[ I/T ] to cause to separate, or to come apart: [ I ] The curtains parted, revealing a darkened stage.

Phrasal verb

part with something (Definition of part from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

part | Business English

partnoun [ C ]   PRODUCTION uk /pɑːt/ us Add to word list Add to word list one of the pieces that together make a machine, a vehicle, or a piece of equipment: The factory makes parts for the motor industry. auto/gun/missile parts

See also

part-time spare part (Definition of part from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of part

part A person can be part of all four populations, or none, or one, or two, or three. From the Cambridge English Corpus This was perhaps a performance error on her part. From the Cambridge English Corpus The machine can make parts by the thousand. From the Cambridge English Corpus Paths permitting additional direct effects are also included as part of the model. From the Cambridge English Corpus The positive part aims to show that adoption and practice are sufficient to create the fundamental plans of a legal system. From the Cambridge English Corpus An important part of planning slurry utilization and management system is estimating the amount of nutrients available for land application. From the Cambridge English Corpus This realization on the part of the players materalizes in two ways. From the Cambridge English Corpus Second, if a plan exists which is unambiguously in everyone's interest, then the individual players will not hesitate to choose their part of the plan. From the Cambridge English Corpus Consumption was part of the ordinary life, still represented, albeit often precariously, by the home front. From the Cambridge English Corpus Part of the answer lies in the phonetic redundancy of the signal itself, and the rest in the effects of that redundancy on auditory processing. From the Cambridge English Corpus Phonetic transcription reveals that many of children's early uses of wh- words are phonetically reduced and part of fixed sequences. From the Cambridge English Corpus Despite all of this ethnolinguistic variety, the legal process of obtaining a protective order operates, for the most part, quite systematically. From the Cambridge English Corpus This is particularly clear in the case of research protocols which have become part and parcel of modern oncology. From the Cambridge English Corpus For the most part, the returning soldiers were welcomed home warmly. From the Cambridge English Corpus The second part returns to the idea that an excess of privatisation has led to a 'tragedy of the anti-commons'. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of part These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations with part

part

These are words often used in combination with part.

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accepted partFor local control after breast conserving therapy for primary breast cancer radiotherapy is an accepted part of treatment. From the Cambridge English Corpus   auto partsYou desecrate a national treasure, no less than by turning a stately home into an auto parts warehouse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0   component partThe measurement and operating benefits of component part commonality. From the Cambridge English Corpus   These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with part What is the pronunciation of part?

Translations of part

in Chinese (Traditional) 一些, 部分，局部, 分開的部分… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 一些, 部分，局部, 分开的部分… See more in Spanish parte, pieza, episodio… See more in Portuguese parte, peça, episódio… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian भाग, भुमिका, सक्रिय सहभाग… See more （全体のうちの）1つ, （映画や芝居の）役, （機械や車の）パーツ… See more kısım, parça, bölüm… See more partie [feminine], rôle [masculine], raie [feminine]… See more part, paper, peça… See more deel, gedeelte, rol… See more ஒன்றின் பகுதியாய் ஆனால் முழுமையற்றதாய், ஏதாவது ஒரு தனித் துண்டு, அல்லது மற்ற துண்டுகளுடன் இணைந்து எதையாவது முழுவதுமாக உருவாக்கும் ஒரு துண்டு… See more हिस्सा, एक हिस्सा, (मशीन या किसी उपकरण का) कलपुर्जा… See more ભાગ, વિભાગ, હિસ્સો… See more del, rolle, stemme… See more del, roll, stämma… See more sebahagian, bahagian, peranan… See more der Teil, die Rolle, die Stimme… See more del [masculine], rolle [masculine], skill [masculine]… See more کچھ حصہ, حصہ, جزو… See more частина, частка, роль… See more వస్తువులో కొంత భాగం, భాగం, ప్రాంతం… See more অংশ, কিছুটা, সম্পূর্ণ কিছুর কোনো একটি অংশ… See more část, díl, role… See more bagian, peranan, memisahkan… See more ส่วนประกอบส่วนประกอบ, ส่วนแบ่ง, บทบาทในการแสดง… See more một phần, phần, vai diễn… See more część, rola, przedziałek… See more 부품, 부분, 배역… See more parte, pezzo, riga (dei capelli)… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of part

• part of speech
• spare part
• bit part
• part-own
• part-time
• part-time adverb, at part-time
• side part

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• part with something phrasal verb

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• a parting of the ways idiom
• in part phrase
• take part phrase
• part company idiom
• play a part phrase
• dress/look/act the part idiom
• in (a) large part phrase

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  • Noun 
    • part (SOME)
    • in part
    • in (a) large part
    • for the most part
    • part (SEPARATE PIECE)
    • these parts
    • part (INVOLVEMENT)
    • take part
    • part (HAIR)
  VerbAdverbAdjective
• American   
  • Noun 
    • part (SOME)
    • part (SEPARATE PIECE)
    • part (INVOLVEMENT)
    • part (HAIR)
  • Adverb 
    • partly
  • Verb 
    • part (SEPARATE)
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