PART


Meaning of PART in English

I.

noun

1 piece, area, period, division, etc. of sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ big , good , greater , huge , large , major , significant , substantial

We spent a good ~ of the day rehearsing.

The greater ~ of the building has been refurbished.

▪ minor , small

▪ equal

Cut it into four equal ~s.

▪ important , main , principal

▪ basic , central , critical , crucial , essential , fundamental , key , necessary , vital

▪ integral , intrinsic

▪ interchangeable

▪ best , worst

The worst ~ was having to wait three hours.

▪ early

In the early ~ of his career he worked in India.

▪ latter

the latter ~ of the century

▪ first , last , middle , second

▪ upper , uppermost

the upper ~ of the spine

▪ lower

▪ inner , outer

▪ anterior ( technical ), front

▪ back , posterior ( technical )

▪ northern , southern , etc.

▪ remote

▪ different , distinct , various

▪ separate

▪ inseparable

▪ component , constituent

Break it down into its constituent ~s.

▪ body

▪ difficult , hard , tough , tricky

I gave up once I got to the hard ~.

▪ easy

▪ fun

Now comes the fun ~.

▪ scary

▪ funny

▪ sad

The sad ~ was that he didn't really care.

▪ interesting

VERB + PART

▪ comprise , constitute , fall into , form

The book falls into three distinct ~s.

▪ break sth down into , divide sth into , split sth into

PREPOSITION

▪ in ~

Your salary depends in ~ on your qualifications.

The movie is good in ~s.

a serial in four ~s

▪ ~ of

Part of me wants to stay and ~ of me doesn't.

PHRASES

▪ the ~s of the body

▪ foreign ~s ( esp. BrE )

They're always off to foreign ~s.

▪ private ~s (= sexual organs)

2 a piece of a machine

ADJECTIVE

▪ replacement , spare

Where can I get spare ~s for my bike?

▪ auto ( esp. AmE ), automotive ( esp. AmE ), car , motorcycle

▪ moving

VERB + PART

▪ manufacture

▪ assemble

PART + NOUN

▪ ~s dealer , ~s maker , ~s supplier

an auto ~s maker

▪ number

The adaptors being recalled contain the ~ number 02K65 on their labels.

3 role in a play, film/movie, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ big

▪ bit , small , walk-on

▪ speaking

VERB + PART

▪ act , have , play , take

▪ sing

Annette Markert sings the ~ of Medea.

▪ learn

▪ fit

Walken stars as Shannon and he fits the ~ well.

PREPOSITION

▪ in the ~

He's very good in the ~.

▪ ~ of

She played the ~ of Juliet.

PHRASES

▪ act the ~ , dress the ~ , look the ~

He acts and dresses the ~ of a gentleman.

He was a pirate in the school play and certainly looked the ~.

4 share in an activity, event, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ big , huge , leading , major

Luck played a big ~ in it.

▪ minor

▪ central , significant , vital

▪ active

VERB + PART

▪ have

He had no ~ in the scam.

▪ do , play , take

She did her ~ in bringing them back together.

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ in

They took little ~ in the discussion.

II.

verb

Part is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ cloud , ↑ crowd , ↑ curtain , ↑ lip

Part is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ lip , ↑ way

III.

adj.

Part is used with these nouns: ↑ owner , ↑ payment

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .