Entry Word: part

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled <the model car came in several small parts that had to be assembled>

Synonyms member, partition, portion, section, segment

Related Words component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient, moiety, parcel; cut, length; bit, fragment, particle, scrap

Near Antonyms whole; aggregate, composite, compound, sum, total, totality

2 something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group <wanted no part of the profits> — see share 1
3 the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists <Iʼll do my part, so donʼt worry> — see role
4 usually parts plurala broad geographical area <Iʼm not from around these parts> — see region 2