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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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Example Sentences

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At least part of the blame, he insisted, lay with Stephen pulling into the path of an officer doing his job in a city with some of the country’s most dangerous roadways.

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For the most part, the award has become a generalized tribute to activists for human rights and democracy or symbols of progress, at least as those things are defined by a committee of upper-crust Norwegians.

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These moves are part of a larger shift back to vocational education in the U.S., fueled by a desire among educators to get students started sooner on career paths that interest them.

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He was inspired in part by tiny Pomfret, Vt., home to a farm with classic red barns that offers the quintessential New England scenery.

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Construction is ongoing in parts of the complex.

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

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