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parts

noun US /pɑːrts/

the local environment

How often you will meet it

Rank 1,492 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,254 times across 157,096 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. the local environment he hasn't been seen around these parts in years

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

parts in real books

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  • I'll show you the back parts if ye like.

    Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1

  • There was more scope for a man of parts.

    The Intrusion of Jimmy · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1

  • He helped Kit dress, but Kit's clothes were still a little wet in the thick parts.

    The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1

  • Some of the parts are rather long, but all have been played by children of the age indicated in the text.

    The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1

  • Which lovely lamp withdrawn from my poor eyes, Both parts of earth and fire drowned up in woe In winter dwell.

    Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1

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