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Verb
  • force, take, or pull apart
    • He separated the fighting children
    • Moses parted the Red Sea
  • come apart
    • The two pieces that we had glued separated
  • leave
    • The family took off for Florida
  • 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
  • go one's own way; move apart
    • The friends separated after the party
Adverb
  • in part; in some degree; not wholly
    • I felt partly to blame
    • He was partially paralyzed
Noun
  • 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
  • the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
    • he tried to sing the tenor 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
  • 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
  • assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
    • he wanted his share in cash
  • an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
    • she played the part of Desdemona
  • 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
  • the extended spatial location of something
    • the farming regions of France
    • religions in all parts of the world
    • regions of outer space
  • 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
  • a portion of a natural object
    • they analyzed the river into three parts
    • he needed a piece of granite
  • something less than the whole of a human artifact
    • the rear part of the house
    • glue the two parts together
  • 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
    • the animal constituent of plankton
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