Part

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive), Verb (intransitive), Adverb

CIDE DICTIONARY

Part, n. [F. part, L. pars, gen. partis; cf. parere to bring forth, produce. Cf. Parent, Depart, Parcel, Partner, Party, Portion.].

•  One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent.  [1913 Webster]

  "And kept back part of the price, . . . and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles'feet."  [1913 Webster]

  "Our ideas of extension and number -- do they not contain a secret relation of the parts ?"  [1913 Webster]

  "I am a part of all that I have met."  [1913 Webster]
•  An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient.  [1913 Webster]

  "An homer is the tenth part of an ephah."  [1913 Webster]

  "A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom,
  And ever three parts coward."  [1913 Webster]

  "All the parts were formed . . . into one harmonious body."  [1913 Webster]

  "The pulse, the glow of every part."  [1913 Webster]

  "Which maintained so politic a state of evil, that they will not admit any good part to intermingle with them."  [1913 Webster]

  "All parts resound with tumults, plaints, and fears."  [1913 Webster]
•  That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share; portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office.  [1913 Webster]

  "We have no part in David."  [1913 Webster]

  "Accuse not Nature! she hath done her part;
  Do thou but thine."  [1913 Webster]

  "Let me bear
  My part of danger with an equal share."  [1913 Webster]
•  One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction.  [1913 Webster]

  "For he that is not against us is on our part."  [1913 Webster]

  "Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part."  [1913 Webster]

  "That part
  Was aptly fitted and naturally performed."  [1913 Webster]

  "It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a calf."  [1913 Webster]

  "Honor and shame from no condition rise;
  Act well your part, there all the honor lies."  [1913 Webster]

For my part, so far as concerns me; for my share. -- For the most part. See under Most, a. -- In good part, as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a friendly manner; as, to take an act in good part. Hooker. -- In ill part, unfavorably; with displeasure. -- In part, in some degree; partly. -- Part and parcel, an essential or constituent portion; -- a reduplicative phrase. Cf. might and main, kith and kin, etc. “She was . . . part and parcel of the race and place.” Howitt. -- Part of speech (Gram.), a sort or class of words of a particular character; thus, the noun is a part of speech denoting the name of a thing; the verb is a part of speech which asserts something of the subject of a sentence. -- Part owner (Law), one of several owners or tenants in common. See Joint tenant, under Joint. -- Part singing, singing in which two or more of the harmonic parts are taken. -- Part song, a song in two or more (commonly four) distinct vocal parts. “A part song differs from a madrigal in its exclusion of contrapuntual devices; from a glee, in its being sung by many voices, instead of by one only, to each part.” Stainer & Barrett.

Syn. -- Portion; section; division; fraction; fragment; piece; share; constituent. See Portion, and Section.

Part, v. t. [F. partir, L. partire, partiri, p. p. partitus, fr. pars, gen. partis, a part. See Part, n.].

•  To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever.  Lev. ii. 6.  [1913 Webster]

  "There, [celestial love] parted into rainbow hues."  [1913 Webster]
•  To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share.  [1913 Webster]

  "To part his throne, and share his heaven with thee."  [1913 Webster]

  "They parted my raiment among them."  [1913 Webster]
•  To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.  [1913 Webster]

  "The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me."  [1913 Webster]

  "While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven."  [1913 Webster]

  "The narrow seas that part
  The French and English."  [1913 Webster]
•  To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants.  [1913 Webster]

  "The stumbling night did part our weary powers."  [1913 Webster]
•  To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver.  [1913 Webster]

  "The liver minds his own affair, . . .
  And parts and strains the vital juices."  [1913 Webster]
•  To leave; to quit.  [1913 Webster]

  "Since presently your souls must part your bodies."  [1913 Webster]
•  To separate (a collection of objects) into smaller collections; as, to part one's hair in the middle.  [PJC]

To part a cable (Naut.), to break it. -- To part company, to separate, as travelers or companions.

Part, v. i. 

•  To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle.  [1913 Webster]
•  To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; -- often with from.  [1913 Webster]

  "He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted."  [1913 Webster]

  "He owned that he had parted from the duke only a few hours before."  [1913 Webster]

  "His precious bag, which he would by no means part from."  [1913 Webster]
•  To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; -- followed by with or from; as, to part with one's money.  [1913 Webster]

  "Celia, for thy sake, I part
  With all that grew so near my heart."  [1913 Webster]

  "Powerful hands . . . will not part
  Easily from possession won with arms."  [1913 Webster]

  "It was strange to him that a father should feel no tenderness at parting with an only son."  [1913 Webster]
•  To have a part or share; to partake.  1 Sam. xxx. 24.  [1913 Webster]

Part, adv. 

 Partly; in a measure.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Part, n., v., & adv.
--n.
1 some but not all of a thing or number of things.
2 an essential member or constituent of anything (part of the family; a large part of the job).
3 a component of a machine etc. (spare parts; needs a new part).
4 a a portion of a human or animal body. b (in pl.) = private parts.
5 a division of a book, broadcast serial, etc., esp. as much as is issued or broadcast at one time.
6 each of several equal portions of a whole (the recipe has 3 parts sugar to 2 parts flour).
7 a a portion allotted; a share. b a person's share in an action or enterprise (will have no part in it). c one's duty (was not my part to interfere).
8 a a character assigned to an actor on stage. b the words spoken by an actor on stage. c a copy of these.
9 Mus. a melody or other constituent of harmony assigned to a particular voice or instrument.
10 each of the sides in an agreement or dispute.
11 (in pl.) a region or district (am not from these parts).
12 (in pl.) abilities (a man of many parts).
13 US = PARTING 2.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. divide or separate into parts (the crowd parted to let them through).
2 intr. a leave one another's company (they parted the best of friends). b (foll. by from) say goodbye to.
3 tr. cause to separate (they fought hard and had to be parted).
4 intr. (foll. by with) give up possession of; hand over.
5 tr. separate (the hair of the head on either side of the parting) with a comb.
--adv. to some extent; partly (is part iron and part wood; a lie that is part truth).

Idiom

for the most part see MOST. for one's part as far as one is concerned. in part (or parts) to some extent; partly. look the part appear suitable for a role. on the part of on the behalf or initiative of (no objection on my part). part and parcel (usu. foll. by of) an essential part. part company see COMPANY. part-exchange n. a transaction in which goods are given as part of the payment for other goods, with the balance in money.
--v.tr. give (goods) in such a transaction. part of speech n. each of the categories to which words are assigned in accordance with their grammatical and semantic functions (in English esp. noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, verb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection). part-song a song with three or more voice-parts, often without accompaniment, and harmonic rather than contrapuntal in character. part time less than the full time required by an activity. part-time adj. occupying or using only part of one's working time. part-timer a person employed in part-time work. part-work Brit. a publication appearing in several parts over a period of time. play a part
1 be significant or contributory.
2 act deceitfully.
3 perform a theatrical role. take in good part see GOOD. take part (often foll. by in) assist or have a share (in). take the part of support; back up. three parts three quarters.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. L pars partis (n.), partire, partiri (v.)

THESAURUS

Part

abrupt, absolute interest, accompaniment, actor, adjunct, after a fashion, airspace, alienate, allotment, allowance, alto, amount, anacrusis, antagonist, antihero, apportion, appreciably, appurtenance, area, arrangement, arrested, article, as for, as regards, aspect, at any rate, at best, at least, at most, at the least, at the most, at the outside, at worst, baritone, bass, bass passage, basso continuo, basso ostinato, bassus, batch, be lost, behalf, belt, benefit, big end, bigger half, bit, bit part, bite, bolt, book, bourdon, break up, bridge, broach, budget, bunch, burden, business, by, by and large, cadence, callow, canto, cantus, cantus figuratus, cantus planus, capacity, carve, carve up, cast, cast off, cast out, cause, cease to be, cease to live, census, chapter, character, chiefly, chink, chorus, chunk, circumstance, claim, clause, cleave, clutch, coda, coil, column, commission, common, comparatively, component, composition, condition, confines, constituent, constituents, content, contents, continental shelf, contingent, contingent interest, continuo, contralto, contribute to, copy, corner, corridor, count, country, crack, crevasse, cue, cut, cut adrift, cut off, cut open, cut out, cut up, deactivate, deal, debrief, decease, defective, deficient, delete, demob, demobilize, depart, depart this life, department, descant, destiny, detach, detail, detectably, development, die, disarticulate, disband, discharge, disconnect, disengage, disintegrate, disjoin, disjoint, dismiss, disorganize, dispart, dispel, disperse, dissociate, dissolve, district, disunite, divaricate, diverge, divide, divide into shares, divide up, divide with, dividend, division, divisions, divorce, divvy up, dole, dose, draft, drone, duty, easement, edition, eject, element, elements, embryonic, end, environs, equal share, equitable interest, equity, essentially, estate, estrange, expel, expire, exposition, faction, factor, failing, fairly, fall, fall asleep, fascicle, fat part, fate, feature, feeder, figure, figured bass, fissure, fixings, fly open, folderol, forgo, forsake, fractional, fragment, fragmentary, function, generally, give up, go, go away, go off, go out, go separate ways, gob, grant a divorce, grant an annulment, ground, ground bass, group, guts, half, halfway, halver, harmonic close, heap, heartland, heavy, helping, hero, heroine, hinterland, holding, hunk, hymnal, hymnbook, hypoplastic, immature, in a manner, in a way, in arrear, in arrears, in default, in part, in short supply, in some measure, in support of, in the main, inadequate, incise, incomplete, incompletely, index, infant, influence, ingenue, ingredient, ingredients, innards, insides, installment, instrumental score, integrant, interest, interlude, intermezzo, interspace, interval, introductory phrase, inventory, involvement, isolate, item, items, job, join in, keep apart, lacking, land, large amount, lay open, lead, lead role, leading lady, leading man, leading woman, leastwise, leave, let go, libretto, limitation, limited, line, lines, list, livraison, lot, lute tablature, mainly, make a space, makings, measure, meed, merely, mess, mildly, milieu, missing, moderately, modestly, modicum, moiety, mostly, movement, music, music paper, music roll, musical notation, musical phrase, musical score, musical sentence, muster out, needing, neighborhood, not comprehensively, not exhaustively, notation, number, obtain a divorce, office, offshore rights, on the whole, one-and-a-half, only, ope, open, open up, opera, opera score, orchestral score, ornament, pack, paragraph, parcel, part and parcel, part company, part with, partake of, partial, partially, participate in, participation, partition, partly, parts, party, pass, pass away, pass on, pass over, passage, patchy, percentage, period, perish, person, personage, phrase, piano score, piece, place, plain chant, plain song, portion, position, precincts, premises, prick song, principally, pro tanto, proportion, protagonist, province, pull apart, pull away, pull back, pull out, purely, purlieus, put apart, put asunder, put away, put off mortality, quality, quantity, quantum, quarter, quit this world, quota, rake-off, ration, refrain, region, relation, relatively, release, relinquish, remove, renounce, rent, resolution, response, responsibility, return to dust, rift, right, right of entry, rip, ritornello, rive, role, roll, run, sacrifice, salient, say, scant, scanty, scatter, score, scrap, scrappy, section, sectional, segment, segmental, segmentary, segregate, separate, sequester, serial, set apart, set aside, set at intervals, settlement, shard, share, share out, share with, sheet music, short, short score, shut off, shy, side, simply, sketchy, slice, slice the pie, slice up, slit, small amount, small share, so far, soil, some, somewhat, songbook, songster, soprano, soubrette, space, space out, specialty, split, split up, spread, spread out, spring open, stake, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, stanza, statement, status, step aside, stock, stop breathing, straight part, strain, strict settlement, strip, subtract, succumb, sue for divorce, sum, supporting character, supporting role, surrender, swing open, tablature, tailpiece, tap, tear, tear open, tenor, terrain, territory, text, thorough bass, three-mile limit, throw off, throw open, throw out, thus far, title, title role, to a degree, to some degree, to some extent, tolerably, transcript, transcription, treble, trust, tutti, tutti passage, twelve-mile limit, uncouple, underdeveloped, undersong, undeveloped, unit, unmarry, untie the knot, unyoke, up and die, use, usually, variation, verse, version, vested interest, vicinage, vicinity, villain, visibly, vocal score, voice, voice part, volume, walk-on, walking part, wanting, whole, withdraw, written music, yield, yield the ghost, zone

ROGET THESAURUS

Part

Book

N booklet, writing, work, volume, tome, opuscule, tract, tractate, livret, brochure, libretto, handbook, codex, manual, pamphlet, enchiridion, circular, publication, chap book, part, issue, number livraison, album, portfolio, periodical, serial, magazine, ephemeris, annual, journal, paper, bill, sheet, broadsheet, leaf, leaflet, fly leaf, page, quire, ream, chapter, section, head, article, paragraph, passage, clause, endpapers, frontispiece, cover, binding, folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, sextodecimo, octodecimo, encyclopedia, encompilation, library, bibliotheca, press, definitive work, treatise, comprehensive treatise (dissertation), writer, author, litterateur, essayist, journalism, pen, scribbler, the scribbling race, literary hack, Grub-street writer, writer for the press, gentleman of the press, representative of the press, adjective jerker, diaskeaust, ghost, hack writer, ink slinger, publicist, reporter, penny a liner, editor, subeditor, playwright, poet, bookseller, publisher, bibliopole, bibliopolist, librarian, bookstore, bookshop, bookseller's shop, knowledge of books, bibliography, book learning, among the giant fossils of my past, craignez tout d'un auteur en courroux, for authors nobler palms remain, I lived to write and wrote to live, look in thy heart and write, there is no Past so long as Books shall live, the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writ, volumes that I prize above my dukedom.

The Drama

N the drama, the stage, the theater, the play, film the film, movies, motion pictures, cinema, cinematography, theatricals, dramaturgy, histrionic art, buskin, sock, cothurnus, Melpomene and Thalia, Thespis, play, drama, stage play, piece, five-act play, tragedy, comedy, opera, vaudeville, comedietta, lever de rideau, interlude, afterpiece, exode, farce, divertissement, extravaganza, burletta, harlequinade, pantomime, burlesque, opera bouffe, ballet, spectacle, masque, drame comedie drame, melodrama, melodrame, comidie larmoyante, sensation drama, tragicomedy, farcical-comedy, monodrame monologue, duologue trilogy, charade, proverbs, mystery, miracle play, musical, musical comedy, western, horse opera, flick, spy film, love story, adventure film, documentary, nature film, pornographic film, smoker, skin flick, X-rated film, act, scene, tableau, induction, introduction, prologue, epilogue, libretto, performance, representation, mise en scene, stagery, jeu de theatre, acting, gesture, impersonation, stage business, gag, buffoonery, light comedy, genteel comedy, low comedy, theater, playhouse, opera house, house, music hall, amphitheater, circus, hippodrome, theater in the round, puppet show, fantoccini, marionettes, Punch and Judy, auditory, auditorium, front of the house, stalls, boxes, pit, gallery, parquet, greenroom, coulisses, flat, drop, drop scene, wing, screen, side scene, transformation scene, curtain, act drop, proscenium, stage, scene, scenery, the boards, trap, mezzanine floor, flies, floats, footlights, offstage, orchestra, theatrical costume, theatrical properties, movie studio, back lot, on location, part, role, character, dramatis personae, repertoire, actor, thespian, player, method actor, stage player, strolling player, stager, performer, mime, mimer, artists, comedian, tragedian, tragedienne, Roscius, star, movie star, star of stage and screen, superstar, idol, sex symbol, supporting actor, supporting cast, ham, hamfatter, masker, pantomimist, clown harlequin, buffo, buffoon, farceur, grimacer, pantaloon, columbine, punchinello, pulcinello, pulcinella, extra, bit- player, walk-on role, cameo appearance, mute, figurante, general utility, super, supernumerary, company, first tragedian, prima donna, protagonist, jeune premier, debutant, debutante, light comedian, genteel comedian, low comedian, walking gentleman, amoroso, heavy father, ingenue, jeune veuve, mummer, guiser, guisard, gysart, masque, mountebank, Jack Pudding, tumbler, posture master, acrobat, contortionist, ballet dancer, ballet girl, chorus singer, coryphee danseuse, property man, costumier, machinist, prompter, call boy, manager, director, stage manager, acting manager, producer, entrepreneur, impresario, backer, investor, angel, dramatic author, dramatic writer, play writer, playwright, dramatist, mimographer, dramatic, theatric, theatrical, scenic, histrionic, comic, tragic, buskined, farcical, tragicomic, melodramatic, operatic, stagy, on the stage, on the boards, on film, before the floats, before an audience, behind the scenes, fere totus mundus exercet histrionem, suit the action to the word, the word to the action, the play's the thing, to wake the soul by tender strokes of art.

Business

N business, occupation, employment, pursuit, what one is doing, what one is about, affair, concern, matter, case, matter in hand, irons in the fire, thing to do, agendum, task, work, job, chore, errand, commission, mission, charge, care, duty, part, role, cue, province, function, lookout, department, capacity, sphere, orb, field, line, walk, walk of life, beat, round, routine, race, career, office, place, post, chargeship, incumbency, living, situation, berth, employ, service, engagement, undertaking, vocation, calling, profession, cloth, faculty, industry, art, industrial arts, craft, mystery, handicraft, trade, exercise, work, avocation, press of business, businesslike, workaday, professional, official, functional, busy, on hand, in hand, in one's hands, afoot, on foot, on the anvil, going on, acting, in the course of business, all in one's day's work, professionally Adj, a business with an income at its heels, amoto quaeramus seria ludo, par negotiis neque supra.

Disjunction

VB be disjoined, come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces, peel off, get loose, disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair, divorce, part, dispart, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate, set apart, keep apart, insulate, isolate, throw out of gear, cut adrift, loose, unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock, unpack, unravel, disentangle, set free, sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind, circumcise, cut, incide, incise, saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst, rend, rend asunder, rend in twain, wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver, cranch, crunch, craunch, chop, cut up, rip up, hack, hew, slash, whittle, haggle, hackle, discind, lacerate, scamble, mangle, gash, hash, slice, cut up, carve, dissect, anatomize, dislimb, take to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, tear piecemeal, tear limb from limb, divellicate, skin, disintegrate, dismember, disbranch, disband, disperse, dislocate, disjoint, break up, mince, comminute, apportion, part, part company, separate, leave, be disjoined, come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces, peel off, get loose, disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair, divorce, part, dispart, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate, set apart, keep apart, insulate, isolate, throw out of gear, cut adrift, loose, unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock, unpack, unravel, disentangle, set free, sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind, circumcise, cut, incide, incise, saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst, rend, rend asunder, rend in twain, wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver, cranch, crunch, craunch, chop, cut up, rip up, hack, hew, slash, whittle, haggle, hackle, discind, lacerate, scamble, mangle, gash, hash, slice, cut up, carve, dissect, anatomize, dislimb, take to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, tear piecemeal, tear limb from limb, divellicate, skin, disintegrate, dismember, disbranch, disband, disperse, dislocate, disjoint, break up, mince, comminute, apportion, part, part company, separate, leave.

Part

N part, portion, dose, item, particular, aught, any, division, ward, subdivision, section, chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse, article, passage, sector, segment, fraction, fragment, cantle, frustum, detachment, parcel, piece, lump, bit cut, cutting, chip, chunk, collop, slice, scale, lamina, small part, morsel, particle, installment, dividend, share, debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus, excerpta, member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig, runner, leaf, leaflet, stump, component part, sarmentum, compartment, department, county, fractional, fragmentary, sectional, aliquot, divided, in compartments, multifid, disconnected, partial, partly, in part, partially, piecemeal, part by part, by by installments, by snatches, by inches, by driblets, bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop, in detail, in lots.

VB part, divide, break, partition.

Fraction

N fraction, fractional part, part, fractional, fragmentary, inconsiderable, negligible, infinitesimal.

Duty

N duty, what ought to be done, moral obligation, accountableness, liability, onus, responsibility, bounden duty, imperative duty, call, call of duty, accountability, allegiance, fealty, tie engagement, part, function, calling, morality, morals, decalogue, case of conscience, conscientiousness, conscience, inward monitor, still small voice within, sense of duty, tender conscience, superego, the hell within, dueness, propriety, fitness, seemliness, amenability, decorum, to prepon, the thing, the proper thing, the right thing to do, the proper thing to do, ethics, ethology, deontology, aretology, moral philosophy, ethical philosophy, casuistry, polity, observance, fulfillment, discharge, performance, acquittal, satisfaction, redemption, good behavior, obligatory, binding, imperative, peremptory, stringent, behooving, incumbent on, chargeable on, under obligation, obliged by, bound by, tied by, saddled with, due to, beholden to, bound to, indebted to, tied down, compromised, in duty bound, amenable, liable, accountable, responsible, answerable, right, meet, moral, ethical, casuistical, conscientious, ethological, with a safe conscience, as in duty, bound, on one's own responsibility, at one's own risk, suo periculo, in foro conscientiae, quamdiu se bene gesserit, dura lex sed lex, dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, honos habet onus, leve fit quod bene fertur onus, loyaute m'oblige, simple duty bath no place for fear, stern daughter of the voice of God, there is a higher law than the Constitution.

Divergence

VB diverge, divaricate, radiate, ramify, branch off, glance off, file off, fly off, fly off at a tangent, spread, scatter, disperse, deviate, part.

Concord

N concord, accord, harmony, symphony, homologue, agreement, sympathy, empathy, response, union, unison, unity, bonds of harmony, peace, unanimity, league, happy family, rapprochement, reunion, amity, alliance, entente cordiale, good understanding, conciliation, peacemaker, intercessor, mediator, concordant, congenial, agreeing, in accord, harmonious, united, cemented, banded together, allied, friendly, fraternal, conciliatory, at one with, of one mind, at peace, in still water, tranquil, with one voice, in concert with, hand in hand, on one's side, commune periculum concordiam parit, melody concord, melody, rhythm, measure, rhyme, pitch, timbre, intonation, tone, scale, gamut, diapason, diatonic chromatic scale, enharmonic scale, key, clef, chords, modulation, temperament, syncope, syncopation, preparation, suspension, resolution, staff, stave, line, space, brace, bar, rest, appoggiato, appoggiatura, acciaccatura, note, musical note, notes of a scale, sharp, flat, natural, high note, low note, interval, semitone, second, third, fourth, diatessaron, breve, semibreve, minim, crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, demisemiquaver, hemidemisemiquaver, sustained note, drone, burden, tonic, key note, leading note, fundamental note, supertonic, mediant, dominant, submediant, subdominant, octave, tetrachord, major key, minor key, major scale, minor scale, major mode, minor mode, passage, phrase, concord, harmony, emmeleia, unison, unisonance, chime, homophony, euphony, euphonism, tonality, consonance, consent, part, harmony, harmonics, thorough-bass, fundamental-bass, counterpoint, faburden, piece of music, composer, harmonist, contrapuntist (musician), harmonious, harmonical, in concord, in tune, in concert, unisonant, concentual, symphonizing, isotonic, homophonous, assonant, ariose, consonant, measured, rhythmical, diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic, melodious, musical, melic, tuneful, tunable, sweet, dulcet, canorous, mellow, mellifluous, soft, clear, clear as a bell, silvery, euphonious, euphonic, euphonical, symphonious, enchanting fine-toned, full-toned, silver-toned, harmoniously, in harmony, as one, the hidden soul of harmony.