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part

verb
 
 
/pɑːt/ US  /pɑːrt/

Definition

C2 [I or T] to separate or cause something or someone to separate: The curtains parted, revealing a darkened stage. To be parted from him even for two days made her sad.Separating and dividing [T] If you part your hair, you arrange it so that it falls on either side of your head by separating it with a line down the middle or on one side.Care for the hair C2 [I] formal If two people part, they leave each other, often at the end of a relationship: I'm afraid we parted on rather bad terms.Ending relationships and divorce
(Definition of part verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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