- better part of something
- majority of , main part of
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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(the) better part of something — the best/better/part of something phrase almost all of something, especially a period of time The journey will take him the best part of a year. Thesaurus: almost and almost notsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
(the) better part of something — the better part of (something) more than half of something. We waited for the better part of an hour, then called again. Usage notes: usually used with periods of time, as in the example … New idioms dictionary
(the) best part of something — the best/better/part of something phrase almost all of something, especially a period of time The journey will take him the best part of a year. Thesaurus: almost and almost notsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
(the) better part of — the better part of (something) more than half of something. We waited for the better part of an hour, then called again. Usage notes: usually used with periods of time, as in the example … New idioms dictionary
the best/better/greater part of something — more than half of something : most of something It took us the better part of a week to finish the job. We ve been waiting for the better part of an hour. They live here for the greater part of the year. • • • Main Entry: ↑part … Useful english dictionary
discretion is the better part of valor — proverb it is better to avoid a dangerous situation than to confront it * * * discretion is the better part of valor used to say that it is better to be careful than to do something that is dangerous and unnecessary • • • Main Entry: ↑discretion… … Useful english dictionary
Discretion is the better part of valour. — British & Australian, literary, American & Australian, literary something that you say which means that it is better to be careful and think before you act than it is to be brave and take risks. She decided not to voice her opposition to the… … New idioms dictionary
discretion is the better part of valour — This idiom means that it is often better to think carefully and not act than to do something that may cause problems … The small dictionary of idiomes
part — part1 W1S1 [pa:t US pa:rt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(piece)¦ 2¦(machine/object)¦ 3¦(not all)¦ 4¦(involvement)¦ 5 have a part to play (in something) 6 take part 7 take/have/play no part in something 8 want no part of something 9 the best/better part of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
part — I UK [pɑː(r)t] / US [pɑrt] noun Word forms part : singular part plural parts *** 1) [countable] one of the pieces, sections, aspects etc that something consists of It was a pretty boring class, but the part about using spreadsheets was quite… … English dictionary
