| part | (noun) the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group | Synonyms: function, office, role |
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| (noun) the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result | Synonyms: contribution, share |
| (noun) something less than the whole of a human artifact | Synonyms: portion |
| (noun) an item that is an instance of some type | Synonyms: piece |
| (noun) a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions | Synonyms: parting |
| (noun) one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole | Synonyms: division, section |
| (noun) an actor's portrayal of someone in a play | Synonyms: character, persona, role, theatrical role |
| (noun) that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation | - |
| (noun) the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music | Synonyms: voice |
| (noun) the extended spatial location of something | Synonyms: region |
| (noun) a portion of a natural object | Synonyms: piece |
| (noun) assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group | Synonyms: percentage, portion, share |
| (noun) something determined in relation to something that includes it | Synonyms: component, component part, constituent, portion |
| partaker | (noun) someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share | Synonyms: sharer |
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| parterre | (noun) seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the balconies) | Synonyms: parquet circle |
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| (noun) an ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern | - |
| parthenocarpy | (noun) (botany) the development of a fruit without fertilization or seeds | - |
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| parthenogenesis | (noun) process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods | Synonyms: parthenogeny |
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| (noun) human conception without fertilization by a man | Synonyms: parthenogeny, virgin birth |
| parthenogeny | (noun) process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods | Synonyms: parthenogenesis |
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| (noun) human conception without fertilization by a man | Synonyms: parthenogenesis, virgin birth |
| parthenote | (noun) a cell resulting from parthenogenesis | - |
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| partial | (noun) the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant | Synonyms: partial derivative |
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| (noun) a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency | Synonyms: overtone, partial tone |
| partiality | (noun) an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives | Synonyms: partisanship |
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| (noun) a predisposition to like something | Synonyms: fancy, fondness |
| partialness | (noun) the state of being only a part; not total; incomplete | - |
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| participant | (noun) someone who takes part in an activity | Synonyms: player |
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| (noun) a person who participates in or is skilled at some game | Synonyms: player |
| participation | (noun) the act of sharing in the activities of a group | Synonyms: engagement, involution, involvement |
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| (noun) the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.) | Synonyms: involvement |
| participial | (noun) a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses | Synonyms: participle |
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| participle | (noun) a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses | Synonyms: participial |
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| particle | (noun) a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs | - |
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| (noun) a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions | Synonyms: subatomic particle |
| (noun) (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything | Synonyms: atom, corpuscle, molecule, mote, speck |
| particular | (noun) a fact about some part (as opposed to general) | Synonyms: specific |
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| (noun) (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class | Synonyms: particular proposition |
| (noun) a small part that can be considered separately from the whole | Synonyms: detail, item |
| particularisation | (noun) an individualized description of a particular instance | Synonyms: detailing, particularization |
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| particularism | (noun) a focus on something particular | - |
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| particularity | (noun) the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance | Synonyms: specialness |
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| particularization | (noun) an individualized description of a particular instance | Synonyms: detailing, particularisation |
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| particulate | (noun) a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant) | Synonyms: particulate matter |
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| parting | (noun) the act of departing politely | Synonyms: farewell, leave-taking, leave |
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| (noun) a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions | Synonyms: part |
| partisan | (noun) a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries | Synonyms: partizan |
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| (noun) a fervent and even militant proponent of something | Synonyms: drumbeater, zealot |
| (noun) an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity | Synonyms: enthusiast, partizan |
| partisanship | (noun) an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives | Synonyms: partiality |
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| partita | (noun) (music) an instrumental suite common in the 18th century | - |
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| (noun) one of the variations contained in a partita | - |
| partition | (noun) the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart | Synonyms: division, partitioning, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation |
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| (noun) a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another) | Synonyms: divider |
| (noun) (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism | - |
| (noun) (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit | - |
| partitioning | (noun) the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart | Synonyms: division, partition, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation |
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| (noun) an analysis into mutually exclusive categories | Synonyms: breakdown |
| partitionist | (noun) an advocate of partitioning a country | - |
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| partitive | (noun) word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole | - |
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| partizan | (noun) a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries | Synonyms: partisan |
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| (noun) an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity | Synonyms: enthusiast, partisan |
| partner | (noun) an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest | Synonyms: collaborator, cooperator, pardner |
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| (noun) a person's partner in marriage | Synonyms: better half, married person, mate, spouse |
| (noun) a person who is a member of a partnership | - |
| partnership | (noun) a contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses | - |
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| (noun) the members of a business venture created by contract | - |
| (noun) a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal | - |
| partridge | (noun) small Old World gallinaceous game birds | - |
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| (noun) a popular North American game bird; named for its call | Synonyms: bobwhite, bobwhite quail |
| (noun) valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada | Synonyms: Bonasa umbellus, ruffed grouse |
| (noun) heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds | Synonyms: tinamou |
| (noun) flesh of either quail or grouse | - |
| partridgeberry | (noun) creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries | Synonyms: boxberry, Mitchella repens, twinberry |
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| parts | (noun) the local environment | - |
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| partsong | (noun) a song with two or more voice parts | - |
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| parturiency | (noun) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child | Synonyms: childbed, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, travail |
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| parturition | (noun) the process of giving birth | Synonyms: birth, birthing, giving birth |
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| party | (noun) an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment | - |
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| (noun) a gathering of people for pleasure | - |
| (noun) an organization to gain political power | Synonyms: political party |
| (noun) a band of people associated temporarily in some activity | Synonyms: company |
| (noun) a person involved in legal proceedings | - |
| partygoer | (noun) someone who is attending a party | - |
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