Definition of "part" [part]

• A portion, division, piece, or segment of a whole. (noun)
• Any of several equal portions or fractions that can constitute a whole or into which a whole can be divided: a mixture of two parts flour to one part sugar. (noun)
• A division of a literary work: a novel in three parts. (noun)
• An organ, member, or other division of an organism: A tail is not a part of a guinea pig. (noun)
• The external genitals. (noun)

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• "Miss Snark, the literary agent: Is it Crap..cover letters.. part huit..part soy."
• "And the same Apostle tells us, that _now we see through A Glass darkly_; and that _we know in part, and prophesie in part_ [43]."
• "Speaking of the condition of slaves, in the eastern part of that state, the report says, -- "The master puts the unfortunate wretches upon short allowances, scarcely sufficient for their sustenance, so that a _great part_ of them go _half starved_ much of the time.""