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Noun

1. A portion; a component. A fraction of a whole.
   • Gaul is divided into three parts.
   • I was in Australia part of last year.
   • The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle.
   • I want my part of the bounty.
   • The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water.
   • This pastry is one part butter to three parts flour.
   • Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2.
   • 3 is a part of 12.
2. A fraction of a whole.
   • Gaul is divided into three parts.
   • I was in Australia part of last year.
3. A distinct element of something larger.
   • The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle.
4. A group inside a larger group.
5. Share, especially of a profit.
   • I want my part of the bounty.
6. A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
   • The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water.
   • This pastry is one part butter to three parts flour.
7. 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
8. A section of a document.
   • Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2.
9. A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
10. A factor.
    • 3 is a part of 12.
11. A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
12. A private part; genitalia.
13. Duty; responsibility.
    • to do one’s part
    • We all have a part to play.
    • The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging.
14. Position or role (especially in a play).
    • We all have a part to play.
15. The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
    • The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging.
16. Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
17. The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
    • The part of his hair was slightly to the left.
18. In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
19. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.

Verb

1. To leave the company of (each other, or someone/something .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with with or from]).
2. To divide in two.
   • to part the curtains
3. To cut hair with a parting.
4. To be divided in two or separated.
   • A rope parts. His hair parts in the middle.
5. To divide up; to share.
6. To have a part or share; to partake.
7. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
8. To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
9. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
   • to part gold from silver
10. To leave; to quit.
11. To leave (an IRC channel).

Adjective

1. Fractional; partial.
   • Fred was part owner of the car.

Adverb

1. Partly; partially; fractionally.
   • Part finished
2. (with reference to a person's ethnicity) to a partial degree.
   • My Native American friend is also part German and part French.

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