part

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   One of the pieces or amounts that make up a whole.

   The written part of the exam was harder than the speaking part.

2. 2
   noun

   A character played by an actor in a film or play.

   She played the part of the queen in the school production.

3. 3
   noun

   The share or responsibility a person has in a situation.

   He admitted his part in causing the accident.

4. 4
   noun

   The music written for one particular voice or instrument.

   I tried to sing the tenor part on my own.

Common collocations

• important part Adjective + noun
• take part Verb + noun
• major part Adjective + noun
• spare part Adjective + noun
• do your part Verb + noun
• integral part Adjective + noun

From Middle English part, from Old English part (“part”) and Old French part (“part”); both from Latin partem, accusative of pars (“piece, portion, share, side, party, faction, role, character, lot, fate, task, lesson, part, member”), from Proto-Indo-European *par-, *per- (“to sell, exchange”). Akin to Latin portiō (“a portion, part”), parāre (“to make ready, prepare”). Displaced Middle English del, dele (“part”) (from Old English dǣl (“part, distribution”) > Modern English deal (“portion; amount”)), Middle English dale, dole (“part, portion”) (from Old English dāl (“portion”) > Modern English…

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