Used in a Sentence

parts

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for parts.

Editorial note

You believe that you can achieve more on a team — that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Examples14
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Intellectual ability or learning.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of parts gathered in one view.

noun

Intellectual ability or learning.

noun

(euphemistic) The genitals, short for private parts.

noun

(usually with “these”, colloquial) Vicinity, region.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for parts.

noun

Intellectual ability or learning.

noun

(euphemistic) The genitals, short for private parts.

noun

(usually with “these”, colloquial) Vicinity, region.

Example sentences

1

You believe that you can achieve more on a team — that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

2

Reading through the non-gender issue parts of the post, you sound like a very nice and hardworking person.

3

As our 4th team member, you'd have full control of your role and large parts of our product.

4

Occipital is equal parts science lab and software startup, on a mission to bring spatial computing to everyday life.

5

But they can't open source it, since MS (and possibly others) own large parts of the copyright.

6

Serving sizes also tend to be much smaller in most parts of Asia, compared to America anyways.

7

But then again, serving sizes in America tend to be much larger than most other parts of the world.

8

We’re a mature startup with a close-knit team that is greater than the sum of its parts.

9

Most parts of the demo don't need nearly that much memory anyway, and would probably run with 256KB or less.

10

Worked briefly for an online lawnmower parts group and designed part of their catalog backend.

11

As our 4th team member, you'd have full control over large parts of our product.

12

Companies in our position are rare, and joining a company like ours will be one of the most memorable parts of your life.

Quote examples

1

Maybe we should examine the obsolete concept of "professional attire" at non-public-facing parts of the workplace.

2

But this could all be worked around (and some parts could be modified to require less memory as well), so all of the audiovisual effects you see in 8088 MPH are possible on an actual stock 1981 machine, with DOS 1.0 and a single-sided 5.25" floppy drive.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use parts in a sentence?

You believe that you can achieve more on a team — that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

What does parts mean?

Intellectual ability or learning.

What part of speech is parts?

parts is commonly used as noun.