parts

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UK/pɑːts/US/pɑːɹts/

noun

Intellectual ability or learning.

“He was a man of great parts but little virtue.”

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of part
nounparts pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyIntellectual ability or learning.

    He was a man of great parts but little virtue.

  2. colloquialpluralplural onlyusuallyVicinity, region.

    We intend being at Leamington before long, unless some change in the weather should make our stay in these parts more tolerable.

    1854, Lord Cockburn, Memoir of Thomas Thomson, Scotland Bannatyne Club, page 241
  3. euphemisticpluralplural onlyThe genitals, short for private parts.
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of part

Synonyms & antonyms

Narrower
boy partsgirl parts

Translations

Spanish lares, partes
  • lares2. (usually with “these”, colloquial) Vicinity, region.
  • partes2. (usually with “these”, colloquial) Vicinity, region.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with parts

artsheartsdartsHertslanguage arts
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Anagrams

straptrapsspratSpart
Cite this entry
APA

parts. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parts

MLA

“parts.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parts. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parts,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parts.

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