Part of or a part of something is one of the pieces or elements that it consists of. You use part of or a part of in front of the singular form of a countable noun, or in front of an uncountable noun.
Don't use 'part of' or 'a part of' in front of a plural noun phrase. Don't say, for example, 'Part of the students have no books'. Say 'Some of the students have no books'.
Don't say 'A large part of the houses have flat roofs'. Say 'Many of the houses have flat roofs'.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() substance - the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists; "DNA is the substance of our genes" relation - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together language unit, linguistic unit - one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed item, point - a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list; "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main point on the agenda was taken up first" meronymy, part to whole relation - the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole basis, base - the most important or necessary part of something; "the basis of this drink is orange juice" detail, item, particular - a small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details" unit - an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole; "the reduced the number of units and installations"; "the word is a basic linguistic unit" member - anything that belongs to a set or class; "snakes are members of the class Reptilia"; "members of the opposite sex" remainder, residual, residuum, rest, residue, balance - something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" subpart - a part of a part |
2. | part - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" whole, unit - an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit" appendage - a part that is joined to something larger bit - the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers bottleneck - the narrow part of a bottle near the top bulb - a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end); "the bulb of a syringe" stub - the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) constituent, element, component - an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system" cutout - a part that is cut out or is intended to be cut out foible - the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip fore edge, foredge - the part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved; the part opposite the spine forte - the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible fraction - a small part or item forming a piece of a whole heel - (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft hub - the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes jetsam - the part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm limb - either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip; "the upper limb of the bow" neck - a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form; "the banjo had a long neck"; "the bottle had a wide neck" peen - the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes) piece - a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence" pressing - a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press seat - a part of a machine that supports or guides another part segment, section - one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road" backbone, spine - the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved; "the title and author were printed on the spine of the book" toe - (golf) the part of a clubhead farthest from the shaft upstage - the rear part of the stage upstairs - the part of a building above the ground floor; "no one was allowed to see the upstairs" wreckage - the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked; "they searched the wreckage for signs of survivors" | |
3. | part - a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" thing - a separate and self-contained entity body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity corpus - the main part of an organ or other bodily structure acicula - a needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal base - the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain" corner - a projecting part where two sides or edges meet; "he knocked off the corners" craton - the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian cutting - a piece cut off from the main part of something fragment - a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock" segment - one of the parts into which something naturally divides; "a segment of an orange" slice - a thin flat piece cut off of some object strip - a relatively long narrow piece of something; "he felt a flat strip of muscle" building block, unit - a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids" world - a part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects" | |
4. | part - 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" concern - something that interests you because it is important or affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern" | |
5. | ![]() location - a point or extent in space atmosphere, air - the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air" biosphere - the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist depth - (usually plural) the deepest and most remote part; "from the depths of darkest Africa"; "signals received from the depths of space" interplanetary space - the part of outer space within the solar system interstellar space - the space between stars heliosphere - the region inside the heliopause containing the sun and solar system intergalactic space - the space between galaxies; "the Milky Way travels through intergalactic space" deep space - any region in space outside the solar system aerospace - the atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole zone - an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic belt - an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found; "a belt of high pressure" bottom - the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill" county - (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; "the county has a population of 12,345 people" distance - a distant region; "I could see it in the distance" Eden, heaven, paradise, Shangri-la, promised land, nirvana - any place of complete bliss and delight and peace extremity - the outermost or farthest region or point hell, hell on earth, hellhole, inferno, snake pit, the pits - any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits"; ionosphere - the outer region of the Earth's atmosphere; contains a high concentration of free electrons layer - a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another radius - a circular region whose area is indicated by the length of its radius; "they located it within a radius of 2 miles" side - a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location; "they always sat on the right side of the church"; "he never left my side" air - the region above the ground; "her hand stopped in mid air"; "he threw the ball into the air" top - the upper part of anything; "the mower cuts off the tops of the grass"; "the title should be written at the top of the first page" zodiac - a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes mansion, planetary house, sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, house - (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided Papua - the southeastern part of Papua New Guinea Sind - a region of southeastern Pakistan black hole - a region of space resulting from the collapse of a star; extremely high gravitational field Edgeworth-Kuiper belt, Kuiper belt - a disk-shaped region of minor planets outside the orbit of Neptune | |
6. | ![]() duty - work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons; "the duties of the job" capacity - a specified function; "he was employed in the capacity of director"; "he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary" hat - an informal term for a person's role; "he took off his politician's hat and talked frankly" portfolio - the role of the head of a government department; "he holds the portfolio for foreign affairs" lieu, stead, place, position - the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of" second fiddle - a secondary role or function; "he hated to play second fiddle to anyone" | |
7. | part - an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona" personation, portrayal, characterization, enactment - acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture bit part, minor role - a small role heavy - a serious (or tragic) role in a play hero - the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem ingenue - the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play name part, title role - the role of the character after whom the play is named heroine - the main good female character in a work of fiction | |
8. | part - assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" net income, net profit, profit, profits, earnings, lucre, net - the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) tranche - a portion of something (especially money) dispensation - a share that has been dispensed or distributed dole - a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given way - a portion of something divided into shares; "they split the loot three ways" ration - a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity) allowance - an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period); "travel allowance"; "my weekly allowance of two eggs"; "a child's allowance should not be too generous" split - a promised or claimed share of loot or money; "he demanded his split before they disbanded" stake, interest - (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future" profit sharing - a system in which employees receive a share of the net profits of the business cut - a share of the profits; "everyone got a cut of the earnings" allocation, allotment - a share set aside for a specific purpose assets - anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company | |
9. | part - 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" frame - one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided concept, conception, construct - an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances beginning - the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" middle - an intermediate part or section; "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle end - a final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end" high point - the most enjoyable part of a given experience; "the trumpet solo was the high point of the concert" component, element, factor, ingredient, constituent - an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech" whole - all of something including all its component elements or parts; "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature" game - (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves first period - the first division into which the play of a game is divided second period - the second division into which the play of a game is divided final period - the final division into which the play of a game is divided half - one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval period - (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games quarter - (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided; "both teams scored in the first quarter" over - (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch | |
10. | 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" hair - a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells" line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent | |
11. | part - the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part" melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, tune, strain, air, line - a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" primo - the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet) secondo - the second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet) voice part - a part written for a singer musical accompaniment, accompaniment, backup, support - a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts | |
12. | part - 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" attempt, effort, try, endeavor, endeavour - earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try" end - the part you are expected to play; "he held up his end" | |
Verb | 1. | part - go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" dissipate, scatter, disperse, spread out - move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"; break up - come apart; "the group broke up" diffract - undergo diffraction; "laser light diffracts electrons" |
2. | part - 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" give the bounce, give the gate, give the axe - terminate a relationship abruptly; "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman" disunify, break apart - break up or separate; "The country is disunifying"; "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989" disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divorce - part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president" break with - end a relationship; "China broke with Russia" split up, divorce - get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months" secede, splinter, break away - withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" break away, break - interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns" | |
3. | part - leave; "The family took off for Florida" go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" roar off - leave; "The car roared off into the fog" sally forth, sally out - set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner dispense with, part with, spare, give up - give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey" | |
4. | part - come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" subdivide - form into subdivisions; "The cells subdivided" chip, chip off, break away, break off, come off - break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" come away, come off, detach - come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery" segregate - divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate" segment - divide or split up; "The cells segmented" reduce - undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce" partition, partition off - divide into parts, pieces, or sections; "The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British" discerp, dismember, take apart - divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war" gerrymander - divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts | |
5. | part - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" compartmentalise, compartmentalize, cut up - separate into isolated compartments or categories; "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!" keep apart, sequestrate, set apart, isolate, sequester - set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on" disarticulate, disjoint - separate at the joints; "disjoint the chicken before cooking it" disconnect - make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" tear - to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars" joint - separate (meat) at the joint gin - separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin break - separate from a clinch, in boxing; "The referee broke the boxers" | |
Adv. | 1. | part - in part; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed" |