Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

part with

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.74 in modern English

Syllables: part with
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To let go of; to give up; to relinquish.

Example Sentences

"I really love this new stereo system but I'm not willing to part with the cash to buy it."
"Celia, for thy sake, I part / With all that grew so near my heart."
"But capital was proving difficult to raise; rumours were in the air that the G.W.R. and L.S.W.R. were about to patch up their quarrel, and the people of Southampton, who twelve months earlier had staged a torch-light procession to celebrate the passing of the D.N.S.R. Act, were increasingly loath to part with their cash."
"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see part, with. But they always parted with an increased regard for one another."

Inflected Forms

parts with (present, singular) parting with (participle, present) parted with (participle, past) parted with (past)

Synonyms

spare give up dispense with

Questions

What does part with mean?: To let go of; to give up; to relinquish.

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