part

Verb

• force, take, or pull apart
  • He separated the fighting children
    
  • Moses parted the Red Sea
    

• come apart
  • The two pieces that we had glued separated
    

• leave
  • The family took off for Florida
    

• 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
    

• go one's own way; move apart
  • The friends separated after the party
    

Adverb

• in part; in some degree; not wholly
  • I felt partly to blame
    
  • He was partially paralyzed
    

Noun

• the part played by a person in bringing about a result
  • I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project
    
  • they all did their share of the work
    

• the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
  • he tried to sing the tenor part
    

• a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
  • his part was right in the middle
    

• 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
    

• assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
  • he wanted his share in cash
    

• an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
  • she played the part of Desdemona
    

• 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
    

• the extended spatial location of something
  • the farming regions of France
    
  • religions in all parts of the world
    
  • regions of outer space
    

• that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation
  • it requires vigilance on our part
    
  • they resisted every effort on his part
    

• a portion of a natural object
  • they analyzed the river into three parts
    
  • he needed a piece of granite
    

• something less than the whole of a human artifact
  • the rear part of the house
    
  • glue the two parts together
    

• 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
    
  • the animal constituent of plankton
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  separate , disunite , divide , depart , start , start out , set forth , set off , set out , take off , split up , split , break , break up , partially , partly , contribution , share , voice , parting , section , division , portion , percentage , character , role , theatrical role , persona , function , office , r
• Antonyms: 
  wholly , entirely , completely , totally , all , altogether , whole