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Definition for part

noun as in piece, portion of something

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any, chunk, component, detail, element, factor, item, lot, measure, member, piece, section, sector, segment, share, side, unit

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allotment, apportionment, articulation, atom, bit, bite, branch, chip, constituent, cut, department, division, extra, fraction, fragment, helping, hunk, ingredient, installment, limb, lump, meed, module, moiety, molecule, organ, parcel, particle, partition, quantum, quota, ration, scrap, slab, slice, sliver, splinter, subdivision

noun as in person or group's interest, concern

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business, place, role, share, side, task, work

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behalf, bit, capacity, cause, charge, duty, faction, function, involvement, office, party, responsibility, say

noun as in theatrical role

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antagonist, bit, cameo, character, dialogue, hero, lead, lines, protagonist, villain, walk-on

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bit part, leading role, minor role, principal character, romantic lead, silent bit, stock character, straight part, supporting role, title role

verb as in break, disconnect

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articulate, cleave, detach, dichotomize, disjoin, dismantle, dissever, disunite, divide, factor, itemize, particularize, partition, portion, rend, section, segment, sever, slice, split, strip, subdivide, sunder, tear

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break up, come apart

verb as in leave, go away from someone

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pull out, separate

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break, depart, go, quit, split, withdraw

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break off, break up, clear out, cut and run, dedomicile, ease out, go separate ways, hit the road, leave flat, part company, push off, quit the scene, say goodbye, ship out, shove off, split up, take a hike, take leave, take off, walk out on

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“That’s part of what America is all about. And usually presidents say, ‘I have to represent everybody and do what I think is best for the country.

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More than 500,000 video creators as of July have signed up to be a part of YouTube Shopping, the company said.

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It’s a very global market: South Asia represents 52% of the sector, and the NBA has spent more than 30 years growing the sport in that part of the world.

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Unlike Chakrabarti, Wiener has also been a part of San Francisco’s insular community for decades, and has his own base of support — though he is considered a moderate to Chakrabarti’s progressiveness.

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“It’s been just a big bureaucratic slog,” said Chauncee Smith, of Catalyst California, which is part of a broader coalition of reform advocacy groups pushing for an end to all equipment and moving violation stops.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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