part
pronunciation
How to pronounce part in British English:
UK [pɑːt]
How to pronounce part in American English:
US [pɑːrt]
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- Noun:
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- the extended spatial location of something
- so far as concerns the actor specified
- something less than the whole of a human artifact
- one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- a portion of a natural object
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- a line where the hair is parted
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- Verb:
- go one's own away; move apart
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- leave
- come apart
- force, take, or pull apart
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- Adverb:
- in part; in some degree; not wholly
Word Origin
- part
- part: [13] Latin pars, a possible relative of parāre ‘make ready’ (source of English prepare), had a wide range of meanings – ‘piece’, ‘side’, ‘share’, etc – many of them shared by its English descendant part. The word was originally acquired in the late Old English period, but does not seem to have survived, and as we now have it was reborrowed via Old French part in the 13th century.Other English descendants of pars include parcel, parse [16] (based on the notion of ‘parts’ of speech), partake [16] (a backformation from partaker [14], itself created from part and taker), partial [15], participate, participle, particle, particular, partisan, partition, partner, and party.=> parcel, parse, partial, particle, partisan, partner, party
- part (n.)
- mid-13c., "division, portion of a whole," from Old French part "share, portion; character; power, dominion; side, way, path," from Latin partem (nominative pars) "a part, piece, a share, a division; a party or faction; a part of the body; a fraction; a function, office," related to portio "share, portion," from PIE root *pere- (2) "to assign, grant, allot" (reciprocally, "to get in return;" cognates: Greek peprotai "it has been granted," Sanskrit purtam "reward," Hittite parshiya- "fraction, part"). It has replaced native deal (n.) in most senses. Theatrical sense (late 15c.) is from an actor's "share" in a performance (The Latin plural partis was used in the same sense). Meaning "the parting of the hair" is 1890, American English. As an adjective from 1590s. Late Old English part "part of speech" did not survive and the modern word is considered a separate borrowing. Phrase for the most part is from late 14c. To take part "participate" is from late 14c.
- part (v.)
- c. 1200, "to divide into parts; separate oneself," from Old French partir "to divide, separate" (10c.), from Latin partire, partere "to share, part, distribute, divide," from pars (see part (n.)). Sense of "to separate (someone from someone else)" is from early 14c.; that of "to take leave" is from early 15c. Meaning "to separate the hair" is attested from 1610s. Related: Parted; parting. To part with "surrender" is from c. 1300.
Antonym
Example
- 1. The hardest part was just to get it started .
- 2. People tend to forget the second part .
- 3. But failure is part of learning . "
- 4. Let 's take the second part first .
- 5. A mentor can be a crucial part of this . "