parts

B1 · Intermediate Plural noun Informal

n. a particular area or neighborhood, often used when talking about where you live.

n. a particular region, district, or vicinity; frequently used in the idiomatic phrase 'these parts'.

“We don't see many tourists in these parts during the winter.”

“Having grown up in these parts, he was intimately familiar with the hidden trails that bypassed the main coastal roads.”

C1 · Advanced Plural noun Formal

n. a polite or indirect way to talk about a person's sex organs.

n. a euphemistic reference to the external genitalia; a shortened form of 'private parts'.

“The doctor asked if he had any pain in his private parts.”

“The medical examiner noted minor bruising to the victim's private parts, suggesting a struggle had occurred prior to the injury.”

C2 · Proficiency Plural noun Literary · Archaic

n. a person's natural skills or intelligence.

n. intellectual ability, learning, or natural talents; often used in the phrase 'a man of parts'.

“He was known as a man of many parts, being both a poet and a scientist.”

“The biography depicts the statesman as a man of singular parts, possessing both a keen legal mind and a profound grasp of classical philosophy.”

B1 · Intermediate

v. to move away from someone or to divide something into pieces.

v. the third-person singular present form of 'part', meaning to separate, divide, or leave someone's company.

“The river parts into two smaller streams just before the lake.”

“The crowd parts as the motorcade approaches, creating a narrow corridor for the vehicles to pass through the square.”