part

part
1. noun /pɑːt,pɑɹt,paːt/
a) A fraction of a whole; a portion

Gaul is divided into three parts.

b) A distinct element or component

Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.

2. verb /pɑːt,pɑɹt,paːt/
a) to leave

to part the curtains

b) to cut hair with a parting

I run the canoe into a deep dent in the bank that I knowed about; I had to part the willow branches to get in; and when I made fast nobody could a seen the canoe from the outside.

3. adjective /pɑːt,pɑɹt,paːt/

Fred was part owner of the car.

4. adverb /pɑːt,pɑɹt,paːt/
5. preposition /pɑːt,pɑɹt,paːt/
partially composed of

“ We cannot make a plodding and sensible community—a Holland or a Pennsylvania—out of a national personality which, whether by harsh circumstance or native tendency, is now part genius, part fanatic, and part hard-headed materialist.”


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  • part — 1. (par ; l Académie dit que le t se prononce ; c est une erreur ; ceux qui usent de ce mot, les légistes et les médecins, ne prononcent pas le t) s. m. 1°   Terme de jurisprudence. L enfant dont une femme vient d accoucher.    Exposition de part …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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  • Part of Me — «Part of Me» Сингл Кэти Перри из альбома …   Википедия

  • part# — part n Part, portion, piece, detail, member, division, section, segment, sector, fraction, fragment, parcel are comparable when they mean something which is less than the whole but which actually is or is considered as if apart from the rest of… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Part — (p[aum]rt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Parting}.] [F. partir, L. partire, partiri, p. p. partitus, fr. pars, gen. partis, a part. See {Part}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • PÄRT (A.) — PÄRT ARVO (1935 ) Le compositeur Arvo Pärt naît le 11 septembre 1935 à Paide, en Estonie. Élève de Heino Eller, il sort diplômé du Conservatoire de Tallinn en 1963. Pour gagner sa vie, il travaille comme ingénieur puis comme directeur du son à la …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • part — [pɑːt ǁ pɑːrt] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] a piece of something such as an object, area, or group: part of • He will have to repay part of the money. • An important part of the trend towards globalisation is the growth of multinational… …   Financial and business terms

  • Part — Part, v. i. 1. To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle. [1913 Webster] 2. To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Part — (über frz. part aus lat. pars „Teil“) steht für: Teil, in diesem Sinn seltener verwendet Stimme (Musik) Rolle (Theater), auch im übertragenen Sinn in der Schifffahrt: Den Teil einer Leine. Hier wird das Wort als Femininum verwendet. Also die lose …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Part — Sm Anteil, Rolle erw. fach. (12. Jh.) Entlehnung. Seit mittelhochdeutscher Zeit in verschiedenen Bedeutungen übernommen aus frz. part f. Teil, Anteil , das auf l. pars (partis) f. Teil zurückgeht.    Ebenso ne. part, nfrz. part, nschw. part,… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

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