Part Definition
- So far as one is concerned.
- To the greater extent; generally or mostly.
- Good-naturedly or with good grace; without taking offense:
take a joke in good part.
- To some extent; partly.
- Regarding or with respect to (the one specified):
Brilliant strategy on the part of Confederate forces ensured their victory at Chancellorsville.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Part
- for (one's) part
- for the most part
- in good part
- in part
- on the part of
- part and parcel
- part company
- take part
- take (someone's) part
- for one's part
- for the most part
- in good part
- in part
- on the part of someone
- part with
- play a part
- take someone's part
Origin of Part
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From Middle English part, from Old English part (“part") and Old French part (“part"); both from Latin partem, accusative of pars (“piece, portion, share, side, party, faction, role, character, lot, fate, task, lesson, part, member"), from Proto-Indo-European *par-, *per- (“to cut, bore"). Akin to portio (“a portion, part"), parare (“to make ready, prepare"). Displaced Middle English del, dele (“part") (from Old English dÇ£l (“part, distribution")), Middle English dale (“part, portion") (from Old English dāl (“portion")), Middle English sliver (“part, portion") (from Middle English sliven (“to cut, cleave"), from Old English (tō)slÄ«fan (“to split")).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French from Latin pars part- perə-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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