part
/pɑɹt/ noun A2- A fraction of a whole. · Gaul is divided into three parts.· I was in Australia part of last year.
- A distinct element of something larger. · The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle.
- A group inside a larger group.
- Share, especially of a profit. · I want my part of the bounty.
- A unit of relative proportion in a mixture. · The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water.· This pastry is one part butter to three parts flour.
- 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
- A section of a document. · Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2.
- A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
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She, on her part, promised to marry me as soon as I could earn enough money to build a better house for her; so I set to work harder than ever.
“For my part, dear mother,” interposed Renée, “I trust your wishes will not prosper, and that Providence will only permit petty offenders, poor debtors, and miserable cheats to fall into M.
And although the entertainment was fixed for twelve o’clock, an hour previous to that time the balcony was filled with impatient and expectant guests, consisting of the favored part of the crew of the Pharaon, and other personal friends of the bridegroom, the whole of whom had arrayed themselves in their choicest costumes, in order to do greater honor to the occasion.
“For my own part,” she rejoined, “I must confess that I never could see any beauty in her.
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