FOR THE MOST PART

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does for the most part mean? 

• FOR THE MOST PART (adverb)
  The adverb FOR THE MOST PART has 1 sense:

1. in large part; mainly or chiefly

  Familiarity information: FOR THE MOST PART used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOR THE MOST PART (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In large part; mainly or chiefly

Synonyms:

for the most part; largely; mostly

Context example:

These accounts are largely inactive

 Context examples 

Many planets have gathered in fellow earth sign Capricorn, so you will be excited to see that for the most part, things are going your way.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

But look at these lonely houses, each in its own fields, filled for the most part with poor ignorant folk who know little of the law.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The researchers added that their findings explain the strong effects of human-caused emissions in the Arctic, even though those sources of mercury are, for the most part, located in the lower latitudes.

(Study finds mercury levels in Arctic soils 5 times higher than temperate regions, National Science Foundation)

While water vapor has been found in hot Jupiter atmospheres, scientists for the most part expect this precious molecule to form only when there is more oxygen than carbon.

(Cooking up Alien Atmospheres on Earth, NASA)

He never wrote or received a letter, and he never spoke with any but the neighbours, and with these, for the most part, only when drunk on rum.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

For the most part, the remaining four hunters leaned on the table or lay in their bunks and left the discussion to the two antagonists.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I shall not trouble the reader with a particular account of this voyage, which was very prosperous for the most part.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Mr. Micawber was for the most part plunged into deep gloom.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

At first, the cubs whimpered and cried, but for the most part they slept.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

For the most part, however, Buck’s love was expressed in adoration.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)