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| NOUN: | 1. That which is allotted: allocation, allotment, allowance, dole, lot, measure, portion, quantum, quota, ration, share, split. Informal : cut. Slang : divvy. See COLLECT. 2. One of the parts into which something is divided: division, member, piece, portion, section, segment, subdivision. See PART. 3. One of the individual entities contributing to a whole: building block, component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient, integrant. See PART. 4. One's proper or expected function in a common effort: piece, role, share. See DO, PARTICIPATE. 5. A particular subdivision of a written work: passage, section, segment. See PART. 6. One of two or more opposing opinions, actions, or attitudes, as in a disagreement: side. See PERSPECTIVE. | | VERB: | 1. To become or cause to become apart one from another: break, detach, disjoin, disjoint, disunite, divide, divorce, separate, split (up). Idioms: part company, set at odds. See ASSEMBLE. 2. To make a division into parts, sections, or branches: break up, dissever, divide, partition, section, segment, separate. See ASSEMBLE, PART. 3. To terminate a relationship or an association by or as if by leaving one another: break off, break up, separate. Informal : split (up). Idioms: call it quits, come to a parting of the ways, part company. See ASSEMBLE, CONTINUE. | | ADJECTIVE: | Relating to or affecting only a part; not total: fractional, fragmentary, partial. See PART.
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