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- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)n. scrap, morsel, bit; section, fragment, part; slang, sex object, sexpot, beauty, hunk. —v. t. unite, combine, patch, repair. See junction, drama.II(Roget's IV) n.1. [Part]Syn. portion, share, section, bit, slice, division, part, item, lump, hunk, scrap, interest, lot, cut, allotment, end, remnant, quota, percentage, dole; see also part 1 .2. [WOrk of art]Syn. study, composition, creation; see art 2 .3. [Musical, literary, or theatrical composition]Syn. suite, orchestration, production, opus, song, aria, harmonization, study, arrangement, treatise, exposition, sketch, play, novel, thesis, dissertation, discourse, discussion, treatment, essay, causerie, article, paper, memoir, descant, homily, poem, theme, monograph, commentary, review, paragraph, criticism, play, drama, melodrama, pageant, monologue, opera, ballet; see also composition 2 , 4 .4. [Theatrical role]Syn. part, lines, bit*; see part 3 .• go to pieces,Syn.5. come apart, fall apart, break up, fail; see break down 3 .• speak one's piece,Syn. air one's opinions, talk, reveal; see tell 1 .See Synonym Study at part .III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.part, portion, component, bit, fragment, segment, fraction, chunk, hunk, slice, parcel.IV(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. One of the parts into which something is divided: division, member, part, portion, section, segment, subdivision. See PART. 2. One's proper or expected function in a common effort: part, role, share. See DO, PARTICIPATE. 3. A part severed from a whole: cut, portion, section, segment, slice. See PART. 4. A small portion of food: bit1, crumb, morsel, mouthful. Informal: bite. See BIG. 5. Something that is the result of creative effort: composition, opus, production, work. See MAKE. 6. A usually brief detail of news or information: bit1, item, paragraph, squib, story. See WORDS. 7. Informal. An extent, measured or unmeasured, of linear space: distance, length, space, stretch. Informal: way. See BIG.
English dictionary for students. 2013.