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 |
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 |
part-singing | singing with three or more voice parts |
auto part car part | a component of an automobile, his business is auto parts |
part portion | something less than the whole of a human artifact, the rear part of the house, glue the two parts together |
spare part spare | an extra component of a machine or other apparatus |
stern after part quarter poop tail | the rear part of a ship |
good part | a place of especial strength |
weak part weak spot soft spot | a place of especial vulnerability |
body part | any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity |
external body part | any body part visible externally |
structure anatomical structure complex body part bodily structure body structure | a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing, he has good bone structure |
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 |
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 |
part section division | 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 |
character role theatrical role part persona | an actor's portrayal of someone in a play, she played the part of Desdemona |
bit part minor role | a small role |
title role name part | the role of the character after whom the play is named |
meronym part name | a word that names a part of a larger whole, `brim' and `crown' are meronyms of `hat' |
part of speech form class word class | one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context |
part-of-speech tagger pos tagger | a tagging program whose labels indicate a word's part of speech |
mantissa fixed-point part | the positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm, in the expression log . the mantissa is . |
four-part harmony | harmony in which each chord has four notes that create four melodic lines |
part voice | the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music, he tried to sing the tenor part |
part music | vocal music for several voices in independent parts (usually performed without accompaniment) |
voice part | a part written for a singer |
bass bass part | the lowest part in polyphonic music |
region part | the extended spatial location of something, the farming regions of France, religions in all parts of the world, regions of outer space |
part piece | a portion of a natural object, they analyzed the river into three parts, he needed a piece of granite |
part-owner | a person who owns something in common with others |
part-timer | someone who works less than the customary or standard time |
plant part plant structure | any part of a plant or fungus |
share portion part percentage | assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group, he wanted his share in cash |
imaginary part imaginary part of a complex number | the part of a complex number that has the square root of - as a factor |
aliquot aliquot part | an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity, is an aliquot part of |
aliquant aliquant part | an integer that is not an exact divisor of some quantity, is an aliquant part of |
one-fourth fourth one-quarter quarter fourth part twenty-five percent quartern | one of four equal parts, a quarter of a pound |
one-fifth fifth fifth part twenty percent | one part in five equal parts |
one-tenth tenth tenth part ten percent | a tenth part, one part in ten equal parts |
one-twelfth twelfth twelfth part duodecimal | one part in twelve equal parts |
one-sixteenth sixteenth sixteenth part | one part in sixteen equal parts |
one-thirty-second thirty-second thirty-second part | one part in thirty-two equal parts |
holonymy whole to part relation | the semantic relation that holds between a whole and its parts |
meronymy part to whole relation | the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole |
part portion component part component constituent | 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 |
separate disunite divide part | force, take, or pull apart, He separated the fighting children, Moses parted the Red Sea |
separate divide part | come apart, The two pieces that we had glued separated |
depart part start start out set forth set off set out take off | leave, The family took off for Florida |
separate part split | go one's own way, move apart, The friends separated after the party |
spare give up part with dispense with | give up what is not strictly needed, he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey |