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单词 in the most part
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for (also †be, in) the most part (also †deal, †party)
b. for (also †be, in) the most part (also †deal, †party): usually, generally, in general, on the whole, in most cases; as regards the greater or greatest part. Also (rare) without the.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > for the most part
for the more party1372
for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387
for the more partc1405
for (the) most partc1405
much dealc1425
in substancea1450
for the mostc1531
in (also for) the generality1580
for the general1581
in (also for, on, upon) the maina1591
largely1594
principally1600
in chiefa1616
mainly1640
nine times (parts, etc.) out of (also in, of) ten1648
greatly1742
as a rule1828
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a great part or proportion > the greater part, the majority
the more partOE
the best part ofOE
(the) more parta1350
(the) most parta1350
(the) most part alla1350
(the) most party1372
for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387
the better part ofa1393
the mo?a1400
most forcea1400
substancea1413
corsec1420
generalty?c1430
the greater partc1430
three quartersc1470
generalityc1485
the most feck1488
corpse1533
most1553
nine-tenths?1556
better half1566
generality?1570
pluralityc1570
body1574
the great body (of)1588
flush1592
three fourths1600
best1601
heap1609
gross1625
lump1709
bulk1711
majority1714
nineteen in twenty1730
balance1747
sweighta1800
heft1816
chief1841
the force1842
thick end1847
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 219 Now for þe moste deel he fleeþ mannys siȝt.
?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 196 (MED) Þei holden for the moste partye the..customs & gode maneres as men of the contree aboue-seyd.
a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 324 (MED) The fals man walkith fro towne to towne, For the moste parte with a thredbare gowne.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Chron. (1812) I. ccccxxvi. 746 Ye lorde of Coucy went to Mortayn..and there refresshed hym and his company; but for the most partye he hymselfe was with the kyng at Turney.
a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 3289 Be the maist part all was tane and slane.
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iii. sig. Gg.ii For moste part these kinde of iniurious persons..are menne wel stricken in yeeres.
c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 205 The auld fundationis,..and utheris wreittis,..of kirklandis war for the maist pairt distroyed.
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (2 Cor. vii. 3) Such faithful friends are in this age all for the most part gone in pilgrimage.
1683 J. Turner Pallas Armata 171 The Persians, Turks, Russians, Polonians, and Hungarians, for most part wear Scimiters and Shables.
1715 J. Addison Freeholder No. 20. ⁋8 A House of Commons, which..must consist for the most part of Landed Men.
a1760 T. Gifford Hist. Descr. Zetland (1786) vii. 64 The Umboth tythes are for the most part a rental tythe.
1798 Trans. Soc. Promotion Agric., Arts, & Manuf. (U.S.) 3 116 The soil is clay, destitute of stones, and for the most part oak timbered.
1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. viii. 166 The shops were for the most part closed.
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 146 Whatsoever is not sung is properly no Poem, but a piece of Prose cramped into jingling lines,—to the great injury of the grammar, to the great grief of the reader, for most part!
1871 S. Smiles Character viii. 220 Men of the greatest genius have been for the most part cheerful, contented men.
1932 Oxf. Compan. Eng. Lit. 756/1 It [sc. Journal to Stella] is a series of intimate letters..for the most part written in baby language.
1960 New Scientist 10 Mar. 612 Mental hospitals..are places where, for the most part, an enlightened therapeutic programme and an open-door policy prevails.
1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 13 May e11 This claim is, ‘in the most part, simply untrue,’ said league president Joseph Benedict at a press conference this week.
1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 13 Sept. 14/3 I am a white, middle-class, female Angelino who agrees in most part with Cornel West.
2001 Independent 11 Jan. ii. 1/1 An ambulance crew is working, for the most part, alone.
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in (the) most part
(d) chiefly U.S. in (the) most part: = for (the) most part at Phrases 1a(c).
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1833 W. G. Simms Bk. my Lady 162 This, indeed, is in most part, the history of American sway in the valley of the Mississippi.
1857 Sat. Courier (Philadelphia) in E. Bennett Border Rover (front matter) His works..are, in most part, taken from events connected with the history of our own country.
1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 13 May e11 This claim is, ‘in the most part, simply untrue,’ said league president Joseph Benedict.
1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 13 Sept. 14/3 I am a white, middle-class, female Angelino who agrees in most part with Cornel West.
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