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| n. (linkdef) | 1. component, component part, constituent, part, portion | 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" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ butt | the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots. |
| ~ 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. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. part, portion | 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, butt | 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" |
| ~ waist, shank | the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ turnout, widening | a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park. |
| ~ 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" |
| n. (object) | 3. part, piece | 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" |
| ~ hunk, lump | a large piece of something without definite shape.; "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal" |
| ~ north atlantic | that part of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the equator. |
| ~ north pacific | that part of the Pacific Ocean to the north of the equator. |
| ~ nub, stub | a small piece.; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ south atlantic | that part of the Atlantic Ocean to the south of the equator. |
| ~ south pacific | that part of the Pacific Ocean to the south of the equator. |
| ~ 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" |
| n. (cognition) | 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" |
| n. (location) | 5. part, region | the extended spatial location of something.; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" |
| ~ 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, nirvana, promised land | any place of complete bliss and delight and peace. |
| ~ extremity | the outermost or farthest region or point. |
| ~ d-layer, d region | the lowest region of the ionosphere (35 to 50 miles up) that reflects low-frequency radio waves. |
| ~ appleton layer, f layer, f region | the highest region of the ionosphere (from 90 to 600 miles up) which contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for long-range radio transmission. |
| ~ e layer, e region, heaviside layer, kennelly-heaviside layer | a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ inside, interior | the region that is inside of something. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ exterior, outside | the region that is outside of something. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ vacuity, vacuum | a region that is devoid of matter. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ achaea | a region of ancient Greece on the north coast of the Peloponnese. |
| ~ doris | a small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spoken. |
| ~ cynoscephalae | the fields in Thessaly where in 197 BC the Romans defeated the Macedonians. |
| ~ transylvania | a historical plateau region in northwestern Romania that is separated from the rest of the country by the Transylvanian Alps; originally part of Hungary; incorporated into Romania at the end of World War I. |
| ~ papua | the southeastern part of Papua New Guinea. |
| ~ sind | a region of southeastern Pakistan. |
| ~ witwatersrand, reef, rand | a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ maria, mare | a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon. |
| n. (act) | 6. function, office, part, role | 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" |
| ~ 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" |
| n. (cognition) | 7. character, part, persona, role, theatrical role | 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. |
| ~ baddie, villain | the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction. |
| n. (possession) | 8. part, percentage, portion, share | assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group.; "he wanted his share in cash" |
| ~ earnings, net income, net profit, profit, profits, 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" |
| ~ slice, piece | a share of something.; "a slice of the company's revenue" |
| ~ 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. |
| n. (cognition) | 9. division, part, section | 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" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ chukka, chukker | (polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided. |
| ~ inning, frame | (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat. |
| ~ game | (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves. |
| ~ bout, round, turn | (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive. |
| ~ 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. |
| n. (body) | 10. part, parting | 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. |
| n. (communication) | 11. part, voice | 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. |
| ~ bass part, bass | the lowest part in polyphonic music. |
| n. (act) | 12. contribution, part, share | 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" |
| v. (motion) | 13. part, separate, split | 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" |
| v. (social) | 14. break, break up, part, separate, split, split up | 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" |
| v. (motion) | 15. depart, part, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out, take off | 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" |
| ~ lift off, take off | depart from the ground.; "The plane took off two hours late" |
| ~ roar off | leave.; "The car roared off into the fog" |
| ~ blaze out, blaze | move rapidly and as if blazing.; "The spaceship blazed out into space" |
| ~ sally forth, sally out | set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner. |
| v. (contact) | 16. divide, part, separate | 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" |
| ~ polarise, polarize | become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation. |
| ~ calve, break up | release ice.; "The icebergs and glaciers calve" |
| ~ chip, chip off, break away, break off, come off | break off (a piece from a whole).; "Her tooth chipped" |
| ~ disjoin, disjoint | become separated, disconnected or disjoint. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ section, segment | divide into segments.; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word" |
| ~ 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. |
| v. (contact) | 17. disunite, divide, part, separate | 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!" |
| ~ polarise, polarize | cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions. |
| ~ keep apart, sequestrate, set apart, isolate, sequester | set apart from others.; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on" |
| ~ disjoin, disjoint | make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ divide, part, separate | come apart.; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" |
| ~ sever, break up | set or keep apart.; "sever a relationship" |
| ~ rupture, tear, snap, bust | separate or cause to separate abruptly.; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| adv. | 18. part, partially, partly | in part; in some degree; not wholly.; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed" |
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