part company |
to end a friendship or relationship. |
partial |
not complete. [3 definitions] |
partially |
partly; not completely. |
participant |
a person who takes part. |
participate |
to take part; share (usually followed by "in"). |
participation |
the act or an instance of participating. |
participle |
a form of a verb that can also sometimes be used as an adjective. In the sentence "The broken machine was very tiring to fix," the words "broken," and "tiring" are participles. |
particle |
a tiny amount or small piece; speck; trace. |
particular |
of or having to do with a single person, thing, or event and not any other. [5 definitions] |
particularly |
to an unusual degree; more than other things in a group. |
partition |
a wall or partial wall that separates or divides space. [3 definitions] |
partly |
in some degree or measure; in part. |
partner |
a person who shares in an activity with another person. [4 definitions] |
partnership |
a business that is owned by two or more persons. [2 definitions] |
part of speech |
one of the major categories into which words are often grouped, according to their function. Adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, interjections, nouns, prepositions, pronouns, and verbs are parts of speech in English. |
partridge |
a plump game bird with brown or gray feathers that make a whirring sound when the bird is rising to fly. The grouse and bobwhite are kinds of partridges. |
part-time |
less than full time. |
party |
a gathering of people to celebrate or have fun. [4 definitions] |
pass |
to go past; move beyond. [14 definitions] |
passage |
a way through which something can pass; corridor; channel. [4 definitions] |
passageway |
a hall or other way along which people or things may pass. |