"for the most part" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: en-au-for the most part.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} for the most part (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) Mostly; in general; usually. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms: by and large, on the whole, mostly Translations (mostly): τὸ πλέον (tò pléon) (Ancient Greek), 大部份 (dàbùfen) (Chinese Mandarin), 大多 (dàduō) (Chinese Mandarin), 通常 (tōngcháng) (Chinese Mandarin), for det meste (Danish), grotendeels (Dutch), meestal (Dutch), plejmulte (Esperanto), ĉefparte (Esperanto), enimmäkseen (Finnish), etupäässä (Finnish), useimmiten (Finnish), yleisesti ottaen (Finnish), pääasiallisesti (Finnish), dans l’ensemble (French), en grande partie (French), überwiegend (German), vorwiegend (German), meist (German), meistens (German), größtenteils (German), meistenteils (German), nagyrészt (Hungarian), mestmegnis (Icelandic), enemmäst (Ingrian), solitamente (Italian), generalmente (Italian), in prevalenza (Italian), һолта (ğolta) (Kalmyk), plērumque (Latin), przeważnie (Polish), в основно́м (v osnovnóm) (Russian), по бо́льшей ча́сти (po bólʹšej části) (Russian), в о́бщем и цело́м (v óbščem i celóm) (Russian), бо́льшей ча́стью (bólʹšej částʹju) (Russian), tae the maist pairt (Scots), maistlins (Scots), i stor utsträckning (Swedish), mestadels (Swedish), för det mesta (Swedish), till största delen (Swedish)

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