What part of speech is part?

Part can be categorized as an adjective, a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. part is a verb, present, 1st person singular of part (infinitive).
  • 2. part is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. part is a noun, singular of parts.
  • 4. part is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

Adjective

What does part mean?

Definitions

Adjective
part - Fractional; partial.

Adverb
part - Partly; partially; fractionally.

Verb
part - To leave.
part - To cut hair with a parting.
part - To divide in two.
part - To be divided in two or separated.
part - To divide up; to share.
part - To leave an IRC channel.

Noun
part - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
part - 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"
part - a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
part - 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"
part - the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part"
part - 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 - the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"
part - assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"
part - an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"
part - 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"
part - 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"
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Examples of part

#   Sentence  
1. noun The rear part of the house.
2. noun The written part of the exam.
3. noun He wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself.
4. noun He tried to sing the tenor part.
5. noun His part was right in the middle.
6. noun It requires vigilance on our part.
7. noun They resisted every effort on his part.
8. noun She played the part of Desdemona.
9. noun The government must do its part.
10. noun This writer has for years regarded the best solution to the Kashmir problem as being the trifurcation of the Indian part of the state into a Hindu-majority Jammu, a Buddhist-dominated Ladakh and the overwhelmingly Muslim Kashmir Valley, with the third state given little of taxpayers' money but substantial autonomy.
11. noun Despite Sept. 11, the United States still supports the Kashmir groups that back jihad as part of the price Washington is paying to keep Pervez Musharraf happy.
12. noun Despite many wrinkles, India remains a part-democracy and merely signing on to a piece of paper that calls for an independent Kashmir does not get you into the trouble that writing an op-ed piece against Sonia Gandhi or Atal Behari Vajpayee would instantly.
13. noun Under President Hu Jintao, Beijing has opened out to New Delhi and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao is expected to visit early next year, making friends by formally accepting Sikkim as part of India and backing India as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council -- thus leaving Washington as the only one of the "permanent five" that has not yet done so.
14. noun In early February, India charged 34 Arakan separatists from Myanmar with hiding in the Landfall Islands, part of the Andaman Islands group (see end note).
15. noun Moreover there are now major covert attempts under way to try and bring back to Kabul leading Taliban commanders, who have been living quietly in Pakistan and have taken no part in the Taliban insurgency.
16. adj. Musharraf made his coup in part because of the military's anger over Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's willingness to back down from confronting India over Kashmir, so that he explicitly came to power as a warmonger.
17. adj. SNAP is right in part.
18. adj. In part because of that reputation, the gray wolf was nearly exterminated from the lower 48 states by the 1920s, except for a small remnant population on Isle Royale National Park in Michigan's Lake Superior.
19. verb I have no idea why you want to part with that.
20. verb I would not part with it for the whole world.
21. verb Why did you part with your house?
22. verb You must not part with the ring.
23. verb The best of friends must part.
24. verb To love and to cherish, till death do us part.
25. verb I would not part with that picture for all the world.
26. verb I have to part with my old furniture.
27. verb I will part company with her.
28. verb I had to part with my competent secretary.
29. verb She had to part with her family when the war began.
30. verb He had to part with his house.
31. verb He had to part from her owing to unavoidable circumstances many years ago.
32. verb He didn't want to part with his house.
33. verb He decided to part with his house.
Sentence  
noun
The rear part of the house.
The written part of the exam.
He wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself.
He tried to sing the tenor part.
His part was right in the middle.
It requires vigilance on our part.
They resisted every effort on his part.
She played the part of Desdemona.
The government must do its part.
This writer has for years regarded the best solution to the Kashmir problem as being the trifurcation of the Indian part of the state into a Hindu-majority Jammu, a Buddhist-dominated Ladakh and the overwhelmingly Muslim Kashmir Valley, with the third state given little of taxpayers' money but substantial autonomy.
Despite Sept. 11, the United States still supports the Kashmir groups that back jihad as part of the price Washington is paying to keep Pervez Musharraf happy.
Despite many wrinkles, India remains a part-democracy and merely signing on to a piece of paper that calls for an independent Kashmir does not get you into the trouble that writing an op-ed piece against Sonia Gandhi or Atal Behari Vajpayee would instantly.
Under President Hu Jintao, Beijing has opened out to New Delhi and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao is expected to visit early next year, making friends by formally accepting Sikkim as part of India and backing India as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council -- thus leaving Washington as the only one of the "permanent five" that has not yet done so.
In early February, India charged 34 Arakan separatists from Myanmar with hiding in the Landfall Islands, part of the Andaman Islands group (see end note).
Moreover there are now major covert attempts under way to try and bring back to Kabul leading Taliban commanders, who have been living quietly in Pakistan and have taken no part in the Taliban insurgency.
adj.
Musharraf made his coup in part because of the military's anger over Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's willingness to back down from confronting India over Kashmir, so that he explicitly came to power as a warmonger.
SNAP is right in part.
In part because of that reputation, the gray wolf was nearly exterminated from the lower 48 states by the 1920s, except for a small remnant population on Isle Royale National Park in Michigan's Lake Superior.
verb
I have no idea why you want to part with that.
I would not part with it for the whole world.
Why did you part with your house?
You must not part with the ring.
The best of friends must part.
To love and to cherish, till death do us part.
I would not part with that picture for all the world.
I have to part with my old furniture.
I will part company with her.
I had to part with my competent secretary.
She had to part with her family when the war began.
He had to part with his house.
He had to part from her owing to unavoidable circumstances many years ago.
He didn't want to part with his house.
He decided to part with his house.
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