Both Uses of
component
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
- And that means untangling Shay's spiritual health from the whole legal component of this mess.†
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- I had left the emotional component of Shay Bourne's welfare to Father Michael, figuring (a) my talents were better put to use in a courtroom, and (b) my interpersonal relationship skills had grown so rusty I needed WD-40 before employing them.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(component) a self-contained part of something that when combined with other parts makes something that is larger or more complex
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
A comprehensive dictionary will also describe more specialized senses of component.