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part

noun

1 the last part of the cake | a large part of life is spent at the workplace:

bit, slice, chunk, lump, hunk, wedge, fragment, scrap, segment, piece;

portion, share, proportion, percentage, fraction, division, section.

▷antonyms whole, entirety.

2 some car parts are now assembled by people working at home:

component, bit, constituent, element, unit, module, ingredient.

3 some of pigs' body parts are very much like ours:

organ, limb, member, biological structure.

4 this chapter links the second and third parts of the book:

section, division, component, volume, chapter, passage, act, scene, episode, instalment.

5 her parents lived in another part of the country:

district, neighbourhood, quarter, section, area, region, sector, zone, belt, territory, locality;

informal neck of the woods.

6 one of the boy actors played the part of Juliet:

role, theatrical role, character, persona, representation, portrayal, depiction.

7 I don't care how long he's had to learn the part:

lines, words, script, dialogue, speech, libretto, book, lyrics, score.

8 he was jailed for his part in the affair:

involvement, role, function, hand, job, task, work, responsibility, capacity, post, position, office, participation, bit, contribution, concern, province.

□ in part

inflation is caused in part by indirect tax increases:

to a certain extent/degree, to a limited extent/degree, to some extent/degree, partly, partially, half, in some measure, relatively, comparatively, moderately, (up) to a point, a little, somewhat;

not totally, not wholly, not entirely, not fully, incompletely;

slightly, fractionally;

informal ish.

▷antonyms completely.

□ on the part of

there is increased interest in these coins on the part of collectors:

by, made by, done by, carried out by, caused by, from, in, of;

for which someone is responsible.

□ take part

anyone interested is welcome to take part:

participate, join in, get involved, enter, go in for something, throw oneself into something, share in something, play a part, play a role, be a participant, partake, contribute, be associated, associate oneself, have a hand, have something to do with something, be (a) party to something, cooperate, help, assist, lend a hand;

informal get in on the act, pitch in.

□ take part in

the cadets are obliged to take part in adventurous training:

participate in, engage in, enter into, join in, get involved in, go in for, throw oneself into, share in, play a part in, play a role in, be a participant in, partake in, contribute to, be associated with, associate oneself with, have a hand in, have something to do with, be (a) party to.

□ take someone's part

an attack would drive Count William to take his son's part:

support, give one's support to, take the side of, side with, be on the side of, stand by, stand up for, stick up for, be supportive of, encourage, back, back up, give one's backing to, uphold, be loyal to, defend, come to the defence of, champion, ally (oneself) with, associate oneself with, favour, abet, aid and abet.

▷antonyms turn against.

verb

1 the curtains parted and the show began | he knelt down and parted the heather with his hands:

separate, divide, divide in two, split, split in two, break up;

move apart;

rare disjoin.

▷antonyms join.

2 if we part like this I may never see him again:

leave, take one's leave, say goodbye/farewell/adieu, say one's goodbyes, say/make one's farewells, separate, break up, go one's (separate) ways, take oneself off, set off, be on one's way, go, go away, get going, depart, be off;

informal split, push off, hit the road, skedaddle, scram, shove off.

▷antonyms arrive; meet.

□ part company with

here we will again part company with the consensus:

disagree with, fail to agree with, express disagreement with, be at variance/odds with, argue with, take issue with;

decline/refuse to support, not ratify, protest against, object to, dispute, challenge, quibble over.

□ part with

she had no wish to part with any of her land:

give up, relinquish, forgo, surrender, hand over, deliver up, let go of, renounce, give away, dispose of, discard, abandon, sacrifice, yield, cede.

▷antonyms acquire.

adjective

a part payment is refundable:

incomplete, partial, half, semi-, demi-, near, moderate, limited, slight, inadequate, insufficient, unfinished.

▷antonyms complete.

adverb

the engine components can be supplied part finished:

to a certain extent/degree, to a limited extent/degree, to some extent/degree, partly, partially, in part, half, in some measure, relatively, comparatively, moderately, (up) to a point, a little, somewhat;

not totally, not wholly, not entirely, not fully, incompletely, nearly, very nearly, almost, just about, all but;

slightly, barely, scarcely, fractionally, inadequately, insufficiently, not nearly.

▷antonyms completely.

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