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# part

«part» in Mova's school dictionary: **a piece of something bigger** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (part, parts); verb (part, parts, parted, parting); adverb (part — partly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A part is a piece of something bigger. A slice is a part of a cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/part/#m1)

2) A part is one piece of a machine: car parts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/part/#m2)

3) A part is a role in a play or film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/part/#m3)

4) To take part means to join in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/part/#m4)

5) To part is to separate: they parted at the gate; a parting (UK) or part (USA) is the line in your hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/part/#m5)

6) Parts can also mean a region or area of a country, as in "these parts". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/part/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a piece of a whole: equal parts, fractions, the part left; parts of a group; part–whole models (part + part = whole). In science: parts of a plant, parts of the body. In everyday life: «take part in sports day», «spare parts». In stories: «the best part was…», friends parting.

### examples

- Cut the cake into 8 equal parts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/part/#x1)
- Part of the money was spent on food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/part/#x2)
- What part of the class is girls? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/part/#x3)
- Each part is 5 cm long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/part/#x4)
- The roots are the part of the plant under the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/part/#x5)
- She got the part of the queen in the play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/part/#x6)
- Everyone can take part in the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/part/#x7)
- The friends parted at the bus stop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/part/#x8)
- The best part of the trip was the zoo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/part/#x9)
- What brings you into these parts?” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/part/#x10)

### note

Equal parts: one part = whole ÷ number of parts. Whole = part + other part. Trap: «part» is not always equal; check the word «equal». «Part of» is uncountable-ish («part of the cake»), «a part» or «parts» are countable. A fraction names equal parts: 3/8 is 3 of 8 equal parts.

### In the corpora

- [Some families pay children for extra jobs, like washing the car, but tidying your own room is just part of living together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/9/)
- [Being asked to be part of a parent's wedding shows that you are an important part of the new family.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/16/)
- [These are ordinary parts of a big family.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/6/)
- [Waiting is a big part of hospitals: waiting to be seen, waiting for results, waiting for visiting hours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/4/)
- [A local anaesthetic only numbs one part of the body, and the person stays awake.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «part» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/part/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.