part (noun)
1: 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" [syn: portion, [[component part]], component]
2: the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" [syn: region]
3: so far as concerns the actor specified; "it requires vigilance on our part" or "they resisted every effort on his part";
4: something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" [syn: portion]
5: 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" [syn: section, division]
6: 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" [syn: function, office, role]
7: a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" [syn: piece]
8: an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona" [syn: character, role, [[theatrical role]], persona]
9: assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" [syn: share, portion, percentage]
10: any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor; "I am proud of my contribution to the team's success"; "they all did their share of the work" [syn: contribution, share]
11: the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part" [syn: voice]
12: a line where the hair is parted; "his part was right in the middle" adv : in part; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed" [syn: partially, partly] [ant: wholly]
part
(verb)
1: go one's own away; move apart; "The friends separated after the party" [syn: separate, split]
2: 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" [syn: separate, split up, split, break, break up]
3: leave; "The family took off for Florida" [syn: depart, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off]
4: come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" [syn: separate, divide]
5: force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" [syn: separate, disunite, divide]