part
Pronunciation
[change]- (UK) IPA (key): /pɑːt/, SAMPA: /pA:t/
- (US) enPR: pärt, IPA (key): /pɑrt/
- (AU) (NZ) IPA (key): /pɐːt/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
[change]- (countable) A part of something is one piece of it or a small amount of it.
- As a part of this team, you need to come to practice regularly.
- Part of the page was gone, so I couldn't read it.
- I don't have the right part to fix your computer, but we've ordered it.
Verb
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Plain form |
Third-person singular |
Past tense |
Past participle |
Present participle |
- (transitive & intransitive) If A and B part, they were together and now they are not.
- My wife and I parted after our son died.
- We didn't want to part with the house, but we had to sell it.
- He parted the leaves and looked up at the bird.