What is the meaning of part?

noun

• Something determined in relation to something that includes it.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: portion, component part, component, constituent
• Something less than the whole of a human artifact.
  • usage: "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
  • synonyms: portion
• A portion of a natural object.
  • usage: "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
  • synonyms: piece
• That which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation.
  • usage: "it requires vigilance on our part"; "they resisted every effort on his part"
• The extended spatial location of something.
  • usage: "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"
  • synonyms: region
• The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group.
  • usage: "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"
  • synonyms: function, office, role
• An actor's portrayal of someone in a play.
  • usage: "she played the part of Desdemona"
  • synonyms: character, role, theatrical role, persona
• Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group.
  • usage: "he wanted his share in cash"
  • synonyms: share, portion, percentage
• One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole.
  • usage: "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"
  • synonyms: section, division
• A line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions.
  • usage: "his part was right in the middle"
  • synonyms: parting
• The melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music.
  • usage: "he tried to sing the tenor part"
  • synonyms: voice
• The part played by a person in bringing about a result.
  • usage: "I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project"; "they all did their share of the work"
  • synonyms: contribution, share

verb

• Go one's own way; move apart.
  • usage: "The friends separated after the party"
  • synonyms: separate, split
• Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.
  • usage: "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
  • synonyms: separate, split up, split, break, break up
• Leave.
  • usage: "The family took off for Florida"
  • synonyms: depart, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off
• Come apart.
  • usage: "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
  • synonyms: separate, divide
• Force, take, or pull apart.
  • usage: "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
  • synonyms: separate, disunite, divide

adverb

• In part; in some degree; not wholly.
  • usage: "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed"
  • synonyms: partially, partly