1. The local environment
   "he hasn't been seen around these parts in years"

1. Something determined in relation to something that includes it
   "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"
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1. Go one's own way; move apart
   - separate, split 
2. Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
   - separate, split up, split, break, break up 
3. Leave
   - depart, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off 
4. Come apart
   - separate, divide 
5. Force, take, or pull apart
   "Moses parted the Red Sea"
   - separate, disunite, divide

See also: part with, partial, parting, partitive

Type of: air, assets, attempt, change, characterization, concept, conception, concern, construct, displace, duty, effort, enactment, endeavor [US], endeavour [Brit, Cdn], environment, environs, go away, go forth, leave, line, location, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, move, object, personation, physical object, portrayal, relation, strain, surround, surroundings, thing, try, tune

Part of: building block, earnings, hair, lucre, meronymy, net, net income, net profit, part to whole relation, profit, profits, unit, whole

Encyclopedia: Part

• cat
• cat and mouse
• cat and rat
• cat bear
• cat box
• cat burglar
• cat cracker
• cat fancier
• cat flea
• cat food
• cat rig
• CAT scan
• CAT scanner
• cat scratch disease
• cat shark
• cat sleep
• cat squirrel
• cat suit
• cat thyme
• cat valium
• cat's cradle
• cat's feet
• cat's foot
• cat's-claw
• cat's-ear