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part

Definition for part

noun as in piece, portion of something

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any, chunk, component, detail, element, factor, item, lot, measure, member, piece, section, sector, segment, share, side, unit

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allotment, apportionment, articulation, atom, bit, bite, branch, chip, constituent, cut, department, division, extra, fraction, fragment, helping, hunk, ingredient, installment, limb, lump, meed, module, moiety, molecule, organ, parcel, particle, partition, quantum, quota, ration, scrap, slab, slice, sliver, splinter, subdivision

noun as in person or group's interest, concern

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business, place, role, share, side, task, work

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behalf, bit, capacity, cause, charge, duty, faction, function, involvement, office, party, responsibility, say

noun as in theatrical role

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antagonist, bit, cameo, character, dialogue, hero, lead, lines, protagonist, villain, walk-on

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bit part, leading role, minor role, principal character, romantic lead, silent bit, stock character, straight part, supporting role, title role

verb as in break, disconnect

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articulate, cleave, detach, dichotomize, disjoin, dismantle, dissever, disunite, divide, factor, itemize, particularize, partition, portion, rend, section, segment, sever, slice, split, strip, subdivide, sunder, tear

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break up, come apart

verb as in leave, go away from someone

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pull out, separate

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break, depart, go, quit, split, withdraw

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break off, break up, clear out, cut and run, dedomicile, ease out, go separate ways, hit the road, leave flat, part company, push off, quit the scene, say goodbye, ship out, shove off, split up, take a hike, take leave, take off, walk out on

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Example Sentences

The Rays’ ballpark search has taken the better part of two decades, and a few months more would not necessarily affect the outcome, whether under the current deal or a renegotiation with the city and county.

From Los Angeles Times

Musk has taken part in other diplomatic meetings between Trump and world leaders since Election Day.

From Salon

Dame Ruth May told the Covid inquiry the NHS had been understaffed in 2020, in part because of the “catastrophic decision” to cut financial support for student nurses in 2015.

From BBC

Dame Ruth also suggested it had been a mistake for some hospitals to prevent pregnant women from being accompanied by their partners during scans or the early part of labour.

From BBC

“We were facing some extraordinarily difficult decisions in the very early part of pandemic,” she said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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