part work or partworkn (Journalism & Publishing) Brit a series of magazines issued as at weekly or monthly intervals, which are designed to be bound together to form a complete course or bookCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014