🧩 A piece 🎭 A role 🗺️ An area 🎼 A music line ↔️ To separate 💇 A hair line 🌓 Somewhat

part

∞ 1.0

A person's role in a group or activity

noun
/pɑrt/

: papel

So social media was a big part of our early growth.
take part
play a part
an integral part

They don't perceive me as part of the Yank devils.

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Examples

The National Center for Atmospheric Research is supported in part by the National Science Foundation.

Academic text (2015)
I understand the issues and have been part of recent decision-making that has occurred.

Academic text (2015)
And that was a big part of their platform.
But I was really never part of a movement.

Rich Roll
I was part of command team out of New York.

Harmony (2022)
And I'll certainly do my part to help that happen.

Triggernometry
And so I'm proud to have been part of that research.
Numerous states have implemented SDM as part of various policy initiatives and have been successful.

Academic text (2017)
An increasing interest in horticulture was also part of this move to diversify Georgia's agriculture.

Academic text (2015)
She played an important part in organizing the community event.

Synonyms

role

vspart

∞ 1.3

The job and duties someone has in a group or situation

is broader and also covers general responsibility and help given within a group

contribution

vspart

373 2.8

Help, time or ideas you give to support something

refers instead to a person's ongoing responsibilities and position inside a group

function

vspart

359 2.9

The job or purpose of something

focuses more on a person's specific duties and help within a group setting

Antonyms

whole

484 1.0

All of something seen as one unit

Idioms

in part

374 2.2

To some degree but not completely

for the most part

261 3.2

It happens in most cases but not always

till death do us part

Formal

5 7.5

A promise to stay married for the rest of both people's lives

to say the quiet part loud

1 9.1

To openly say something people usually keep secret

quiet part loud

Informal

9.9

To say openly something people normally keep secret

part of the furniture

6.8

A person who has been at a place so long people hardly notice them

Compounds

part-time

131 1.6

Working fewer hours than in a full-time job

body part

83 1.0

A part of a living body, like an arm or heart

part-time

51 1.4

For fewer hours than in a full-time job

two-part

28 3.4

Made of two parts

spare part

Specialized

20 3.0

An extra item kept to replace a broken piece in a machine

auto part

19 3.0

A piece of a car, like a wheel or battery, that helps it work

moving part

Specialized

14 3.1

A part inside a machine that moves, like a gear

part-owner

11 3.5

A person who owns something together with other people

car part

9 1.4

A piece of a car, like an engine or wheel

part-timer

8 3.0

A person who works fewer hours than full-time workers

bit part

5 4.1

A small acting role with few lines in a film or TV show

component part

3 3.5

A single piece that makes up a larger object

weak part

1 4.2

A place that is likely to fail or be harmed

part of speech

Specialized

1 3.5

A class of words like noun, verb, or adjective

bass part

Specialized

1 6.3

The lowest singing or instrument line that plays deep notes to support the music

four-part harmony

Specialized

1 5.5

Four voices singing different notes together to make a rich musical sound

voice part

Specialized

1 3.4

A part of a song for singers who sing in the same range, for example soprano

fourth part

1 1.0

One of four equal pieces of something

tenth part

1 1.0

One of ten equal parts of a whole

three-part harmony

1 4.3

Three voices or instruments sing different notes together to make a full sound

after part

Specialized

9.1

The back part of a ship

aliquant part

Specialized

9.9

A whole number that does not divide another number evenly

aliquot part

Specialized

9.9

A whole number that divides another number exactly with no remainder

fifth part

1.2

One of five equal parts of a whole

fixed-point part

Specialized

8.7

The part after the decimal point in a logarithm, for example .808 in log 643 = 2.808

fixed-point part

Specialized

8.4

The digits or bits after the decimal point that show fractional value in computer numbers

imaginary part

Specialized

7.8

The number you multiply by i in a complex number, for example 3 in 5 + 3i

name part

Jargon

8.3

The role of the character whose name is in the title

part to whole relation

Specialized

7.0

A relation where a smaller part belongs to a larger whole, like a wheel and a car

part music

Specialized

8.1

Music for several voices that sing different parts without instruments

part name

4.0

A name for a part of something larger

part-of-speech tagger

Specialized

4.6

A computer program that labels each word as a noun, verb, or adjective

part-time girlfriend

Informal

6.2

A woman who dates someone but is not a serious or exclusive partner

part-singing

Specialized

6.0

Three or more voices sing different parts together to make harmony

thirty-second part

4.8

One of thirty-two equal pieces of a whole

sixteenth part

2.7

One of sixteen equal parts of a whole

twelfth part

2.2

One of twelve equal pieces of something

whole to part relation

Specialized

7.5

A link showing how a thing is made of smaller pieces

How Responsible

leader

∞ 1.0

director

424 3.0

assistant

833 1.0

contributor

136 3.6

part

∞ 1.0

participant

295 2.4

observer

305 2.8

Surface Forms

part singular

parts plural

Etymology

Part comes from the Latin pars ('piece' or 'share') and grew to mean the 'share' of work someone has. So when you 'do your part' you do your share or role in a group.