for the most part | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)In most aspects;mostly;generally.For the most part, the crowd was orderly.The sky is overcastfor the most part.Until the 1600s, English was,for the most part, spoken in England.c.1599–1602(date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene ii],page266, column 2:O, it offends mee to the Soule, to ſee a robuſtious Pery-wig-pated Fellow, teare a Paſſion to tatters, to verie ragges, to ſplit the eares of the Groundlings: who (for the moſt part) are capeable of nothing, but inexplicable dumbe ſhewes, & noiſe:[…]1936, Rollo Ahmed,The Black Art, London: Long, page276:Such souls can with assistance rise to better things, but it is a very arduous task andfor the most partthey remain rejoicers in evil.1941August, “Notes and News: The Swiss South Eastern Railway”, inRailway Magazine, page376:For the most partthey were small standard gauge 0-6-0 side tanks of the type illustrated, with long tapered chimneys and an unusual feature for the Continent in the shape of domeless boilers, the protuberance just behind the chimney being a sandbox.2011September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, inBBC Sport‎[1]:With half-time approaching, England rather switched off, butfor the most partit was an improved first 40 minutes from Johnson's side, which came in for much criticism following stuttering displays in their first two games.

Examples:

EN: Experiments which, as you know, gentlemen, were successful for the most part.
ES: Experimentos que, como saben señores tuvieron éxito en su mayor parte.
EN: After 13 years, Prohibition is dead leaving in its wake a criminal element used to wealth and power but unable, for the most part, to cope with the new determination by an aroused public that law and order should once more reign.
ES: Después de 13 años, la Prohibición muere dejando atrás al elemento criminal de riqueza y poder pero que no pudo con la nueva determinación del público de que volvieran a reinar la ley y el orden.
EN: Well, what can you expect from a herd... that, for the most part, can't read or write?
ES: ¿Qué se puede esperar de un rebaño que, en su mayoría, no sabe leer ni escribir?
EN: O, it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious, periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to split the ears of the groundlings, who for the most part are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise.
ES: Me ofende en el alma oír a un individuo tosco y con peluca hacer jirones una pasión, ...aturdir los oídos del vulgo, siendo por demás incapaz de hacer nada, salvo obras inexplicables y ruido.
EN: But, for the most part, it was a wonderful vacation.
ES: Pero mayormente fueron unas vacaciones maravillosas.
EN: These so-called visions are, for the most part, manifestations of hysteria.
ES: Esas llamadas visiones suelen ser manifestaciones de histeria.
EN: But for the most part, the machine you will see is automatic.
ES: Ésta máquina funciona de manera automática.
EN: "This church is for the most part Spanish baroque built of native limestone."
ES: "Esta iglesia es, mayormente, barroca española... hecha de piedra caliza.
EN: Armies, for the most part, are made up of men drawn from simple and peaceful lives.
ES: Los ejércitos, en su mayor parte... se componen de hombres provenientes de vidas sencillas y pacíficas.
EN: Beneath that noble roof, my friends, sit 600 MPs made up for the most part of Conservatives and Socialists.
ES: Bajo ese noble techo, amigos míos, están 600 miembros del Parlamento, en su mayoría Conservadores y Socialistas.
EN: - All right, for the most part.
ES: Muy bien, en su mayor parte.
EN: Chemistry is probably, for the most part, what I know best.
ES: La química es quizá lo que conozco mejor.
EN: See, some of the guys you know are pretty weird, but... the others for the most part are decent.
ES: Conoces a otras personas, algunas son especiales... pero la mayoría son decentes.
EN: And, for the most part, parents are a very bad lot.
ES: Y, la mayor parte de ellos, no valen gran cosa.
EN: Hardly what you'd call a profit-making enterprise. - Who looks after the animals? - They look after themselves for the most part.
ES: Te dan huesos, nueces, gusanos, la moneda que use el animal.

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