FOR THE MOST PART meaning: Generally true with some exceptions - OneLook

Usually means: Generally true with some exceptions.

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General (15 matching dictionaries)

for the most part: Merriam-Webster
for the most part: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
for the most part: Collins English Dictionary
for the most part: Vocabulary.com
for the most part: Wordnik
for the most part: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
for the most part: Wiktionary
For the most part, for the most part: Dictionary.com
for the most part: Rhymezone
for the most part: FreeDictionary.org
for the most part: Mnemonic Dictionary
for the most part: TheFreeDictionary.com
for the most part: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)

for the most part: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

for the most part: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

for the most part: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (for the most part)

▸ adverb: (idiomatic) Mostly; in general; usually.

Similar:

mostly, largely, as a rule, majoritarily, by and large, mostwhat, in general, prevalently, most of the time, overall, more...

Opposite:

mostly not, largely not, predominantly not, mainly not, primarily not

Phrases:

but for the most part, more...

Adjectives:

mo, way, frequent, something, so much, so, still, all-inclusive, sm, minimum, one-stop

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Similar:

mostly, largely, as a rule, majoritarily, by and large, mostwhat, in general, prevalently, most of the time, overall, more...

Opposite:

mostly not, largely not, predominantly not, mainly not, primarily not

Phrases:

but for the most part, more...

Adjectives:

mo, way, frequent, something, so much, so, still, all-inclusive, sm, minimum, one-stop

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