adj
Meaning 1
Making up a larger whole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a component word
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
component
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /kəmˈpəʊ.nənt/
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General-American: /kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/
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Canada: /kəmˈpoʊ.nɪnt/
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rhymes with -əʊnənt
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adj
Meaning 2
Made up of smaller complete units in combination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a component stereo
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- A CPU is a component of a computer.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A connected subgraph that is not part of any larger connected subgraph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- spare components for cars
- a component or constituent element of a system
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: constituent, element
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: part, portion
Narrower terms: accessory, appurtenance, supplement, add-on, addition, improver, audio, auto part, car part, crystal, hardware, computer hardware, heating element, ingredient, input, landside, making, module, pixel, pel, picture element, retrofit, spare part, spare, spark gap
noun
Meaning 6
an abstract part of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- jealousy was a component of his character
- two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony
- the grammatical elements of a sentence
- a key factor in her success
- humor: an effective ingredient of a speech
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: constituent, element, factor, ingredient
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: part, section, division
Narrower terms: be-all and end-all, be all and end all, plot element, point
noun
Meaning 7
something determined in relation to something that includes it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself
- I read a portion of the manuscript
- the smaller component is hard to reach
- the animal constituent of plankton
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: part, portion, component part, constituent
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: relation
Narrower terms: substance, language unit, linguistic unit, item, point, butt, basis, base, detail, particular, unit, member, remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest, subpart
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin compōnēns, compōnēntis, present participle of compōnō (“assemble, put together”).
Across languages
Translations
84 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: përbërës — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Arabic: مُكَوِّن (mukawwin) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Arabic: جُزْء (juzʔ) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Arabic: عُنْصُر (ʕunṣur) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Armenian: տարր (tarr) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Armenian: բաղադրամաս (baġadramas) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Armenian: բաղադրիչ (baġadričʻ) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Belarusian: кампане́нт (kampanjént) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Belarusian: кампанэ́нт (kampanént) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Bulgarian: съста́вна част (sǎstávna čast) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Bulgarian: компоне́нт (komponént) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Chinese Mandarin: 元件 (yuánjiàn) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Chinese Mandarin: 部件 (bùjiàn) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Czech: součástka — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Danish: bestanddel — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Danish: komponent — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Dutch: onderdeel — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Dutch: component — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Esperanto: ero — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Esperanto: komponanto — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Estonian: komponent — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Finnish: komponentti — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Finnish: rakenneosa — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Finnish: perusosa — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- French: composant — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Galician: compoñente — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Georgian: კომპონენტი (ḳomṗonenṭi) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- German: Komponente — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Greek: συστατικό (systatikó) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Greek: εξάρτημα (exártima) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Hebrew: מַרְכִּיב (markív) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Hebrew: רְכִיב (rekhív) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Hungarian: rész — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Hungarian: komponens — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Hungarian: alkotórész — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Hungarian: összetevő — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Icelandic: hluti — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Indonesian: komponen — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Italian: componente — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Japanese: 部分 (bubun) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Kazakh: сыңар (syñar) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Kazakh: құрамдас (qūramdas) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Kazakh: құрауыш (qūrauyş) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Kazakh: құрамбөлік (qūrambölık) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Korean: 부분 (bubun) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Latin: pars — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Latvian: komponents — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Macedonian: компонента (komponenta) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Malay: komponen — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Malayalam: ഘടകം (ghaṭakaṁ) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Manx: co-olt — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Manx: rink — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Māori: waehanga — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Marathi: घटक (ghaṭak) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Norwegian Bokmål: komponent — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Norwegian Bokmål: bestanddel — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Norwegian Nynorsk: komponent — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Iranian Persian: مُؤَلِّفِه (mo'allefe) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Iranian Persian: جُزْء (joz') — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Iranian Persian: هَمْنِه (hamne) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Iranian Persian: جُزْو (jozv) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Plautdietsch: Poat — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Polish: podzespół — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Portuguese: componente — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Romanian: componentă — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Romanian: component — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Russian: компоне́нт (komponént) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Russian: составна́я часть (sostavnája častʹ) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Slovak: zložka — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Slovak: súčiastka — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Spanish: componente — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Swedish: komponent — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Swedish: beståndsdel — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Tamil: பாகம் (pākam) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Tamil: அங்கம் (aṅkam) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Telugu: భాగం (bhāgaṁ) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Turkish: parça — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Turkish: bileşen — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Ukrainian: компоне́нт (komponént) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Urdu: پُرْزَہ (purza) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Urdu: جُزْو (juzv) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Vietnamese: bộ phận — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Welsh: darn — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
- Yiddish: קאָמפּאָנענט (komponent) — smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
Real reading context