English Synonyms and Antonyms

PART, v.
Synonyms:
Compare synonyms for PART, n.
Prepositions:
Part into shares; part in the middle; part one from another; part among the claimants; part between contestants
(archaic); in general, to part from is to relinquish companionship; to part with is to relinquish possession; we
part from a person or from something thought of with some sense of companionship; a traveler parts from his
friends; he maybe said also to part from his native shore; a man parts with an estate, a horse, a copyright; part
with may be applied to a person thought of in any sense as a possession; an employer parts with a clerk or
servant; but part with is sometimes used by good writers as meaning simply to separate from.
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PART, n.
Synonyms:
atom, fraction, member, section, component, fragment, particle, segment, constituent, ingredient, piece, share,
division, instalment, portion, subdivision. element,
Part, a substance, quantity, or amount that is the result of the division of something greater, is the general
word, including all the others of this group. A fragment is the result of breaking, rending, or disruption of
some kind, while a piece may be smoothly or evenly separated and have a certain completeness in itself. A
piece is often taken for a sample; a fragment scarcely would be. Division and fraction are always regarded as
in connection with the total; divisions may be equal or unequal; a fraction is one of several equal parts into
which the whole is supposed to be divided. A portion is a part viewed with reference to some one who is to
receive it or some special purpose to which it is to be applied; in a restaurant one portion (i. e., the amount
designed for one person) is sometimes, by special order, served to two; a share is a part to which one has or
may acquire a right in connection with others; an instalment is one of a series of proportionate payments that
are to be continued till the entire claim is discharged; a particle is an exceedingly small part. A component,
constituent, ingredient, or element is a part of some compound or mixture; an element is necessary to the
existence, as a component or constituent is necessary to the completeness of that which it helps to compose;
an ingredient may be foreign or accidental. A subdivision is a division of a division. We speak of a segment of
a circle. Compare PARTICLE; PORTION.
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