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
But court filings, video evidence and investigators later contradicted key parts of that account, according to CBS News. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026 But Wild Horse Nine has been built around the queasy charisma of the great John Malkovich, who has made a career out of blending fragility and menace, even in his smallest parts. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026 Habitat destruction threatens the species in some parts of its range. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026 House Bill 2963 requires manufacturers to make the parts, tools and information needed to fix certain electronics available to consumers and independent repair businesses. — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026 People from completely different disciplines and parts of the world suddenly become one family for a few days. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026 Woodley told me that many parts were sent back to GM, including entire drivetrains. — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 3 Sep. 2026 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 In the Northeast, Midwest and parts of the West Coast, rents are definitively higher. — Diana Olick, CNBC, 27 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
  • But halfway through the trip, an earthquake strikes, causing an avalanche that destroys their mountainside path, separates them from John and strands them 4,000 feet in the air.
    — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
  • This resembles Sequoia Capital’s recent argument that AI separates intelligence from judgment.
    — Mark Lewis, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 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
  • Jaime is charged with protecting the dog and the property — which Isabel’s human heirs can only claim once Prince dies.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Aliet decides, after Kiju dies, to return permanently to her homeplace.
    — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 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
  • But where each side diverges is on who was seeking revenge, an act that resulted in the death of an unintended victim — Robinson — instead of Bowman.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Trying to fit Hinduism into Western categories of theisms diverges from the tradition’s diverse history of ideas while mixing internal understandings with European perspectives and categories.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 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 5 Sep. 2026.

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