Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

for the most part

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.56 in modern English

Syllables: for the -most -part
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In most aspects; mostly; generally.

Example Sentences

"For the most part, the crowd was orderly."
"The sky is overcast for the most part."
"Until the 1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken in England."
"O, it offends mee to the Soule, to ſee a robuſtious Pery-wig-pated Fellow, teare a Paſſion to tatters, to verie ragges, to ſplit the eares of the Groundlings: who (for the moſt part) are capeable of nothing, but inexplicable dumbe ſhewes, & noiſe:[…]"
"Such souls can with assistance rise to better things, but it is a very arduous task and for the most part they remain rejoicers in evil."
"For the most part they were small standard gauge 0-6-0 side tanks of the type illustrated, with long tapered chimneys and an unusual feature for the Continent in the shape of domeless boilers, the protuberance just behind the chimney being a sandbox."

Synonyms

by and large on the whole largely mostly

Questions

What does for the most part mean?: In most aspects; mostly; generally.

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