parts 1 of 2

noun

plural of part
as in land
a broad geographical area I'm not from around these parts

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parts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of part
1
as in separates
to go or move in different directions from a central point after traveling together for three weeks, we parted at Rome

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2
as in moves
to leave a place often for another parted with great ceremony but with little preparation for the dangers that lay ahead

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3
as in divides
to set or force apart parted the prongs with pliers

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4
as in dies
to stop living before I part, I hope I have the opportunity to say my good-byes

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Recent Examples of parts
Noun
The swamp hen, known by its scientific name, Porphyrio martinica, mostly is found along the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean as well as parts of South America. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 That leaves more room for the parts of festival life that resist scheduling. — Svetlana Khachiyan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 In the Northeast, Midwest and parts of the West Coast, rents are definitively higher. — Diana Olick, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 Skywatchers across parts of Europe and Africa will also see the lunar eclipse. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026 One of my favorite parts is the wellness scene in winter, when a dip in the heated pool followed by the sauna makes a cold beach day feel like its own kind of ritual. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026 In other parts of New York, flooding caused part of the Long Island Expressway in Queens to close in both directions, according to New York City Emergency Management. — CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 The intense storms caused damage across the Kansas City metro area, including to the Roswell Church of Christ in the Quindaro neighborhood, where parts of the church building collapsed. — Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026 In addition to Southlake, Tri-County provides electric service for a large swath of Northeast Tarrant County, including parts of Keller, Colleyville, Trophy Club and Roanoke, while Oncor covers the rest of the areas. — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
Trever parts his hair to the right while his brother styles his combover to the left. — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026 Later, Hamilton parts the sea on his kick scooter, speedily escaping from the hectic press area. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parts
  1. land
  2. separates
  3. moves
  4. divides
  5. dies
  6. region
  7. diverges
  8. exits
Noun
  • Those payloads give crews a visible way to assess where training rockets land during live-fire exercises.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, he’s spent August anxiously watching the orange skies from his house in the northern Nevada hills through two consecutive and adjacent wild-land fires, the Bug and Hawk Fires.
    — Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of land
Verb
  • The company now reports earnings in a way that separates these hyperscalers into its AI cloud, industrial and enterprise pack.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • However, what separates Snapchat from its competitors, Sunday said, are its features that lead to compulsive use, like a daily streak symbolized with a flame.
    — Lauren Linder, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of separates
Verb
  • Areas farther east could see greater impacts if the center moves toward the Sabine Pass area, as some forecast guidance currently suggests.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • In training camp, Steward worked at nickel and at safety, but the personnel moves around the secondary have factored him out.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of moves
Verb
  • Essentially a form of computational fluid dynamics, the simulation divides the flow passages into a very large number of tiny regions and calculates things such as velocity, pressure, turbulence, and temperature throughout the component.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The professor shared a letter from a teacher who said that technology, such as earbuds, divides students from the classroom.
    — Julia Avant, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of divides
Verb
  • After the child dies, their shares revert to their surviving siblings while the grandchildren receive cash from the life insurance payout.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • College grad dies hours after X2 Christopher Hawley, a 22-year-old recent college graduate, rode X2 in June of 2022 with his cousin and brother.
    — Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of dies
Noun
  • These are the same regions impacted by Tropical Storm Arthur in June and Tropical Storm Bertha in July 2026.
    — Cheryl McCloud, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The main Russian targets were in the Kyiv and southern Odesa regions, the air force said in a statement.
    — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of region
Verb
  • That’s probably the area where the internal perception diverges most dramatically from the external perception.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The show diverges from the book’s plot, with some of the storytelling mechanics shifting for the screen.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of diverges
Verb
  • Good Good Golf apologizes for the ‘worst ad known to man’ and exits being a PGA Tour event sponsor.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The new data from Zeki suggests the public exits are part of a broader reversal.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of exits

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“Parts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parts. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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