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[ pawr-shuhn, pohr- ] / ˈpɔr ʃən, ˈpoʊr- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR portion ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript. an amount of food served for one person; serving; helping: He took a large portion of spinach. the part of a whole allotted to or belonging to a person or group; share. the part of an estate that goes to an heir or a next of kin. Literary. something that is allotted to a person by God or fate. (especially formerly) the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband at marriage; dowry. verb (used with object)to divide into or distribute in portions or shares (often followed by out). to furnish with a portion, as with an inheritance or a dowry: All of his children have been amply portioned. to provide with a lot or fate: She was portioned with sorrow throughout her life. Origin of portionFirst recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English porcion, from Old French, from Latin portiōn- (stem of portiō) “share, part,” akin to parspart SYNONYMS FOR portion1 section, segment. 2 ration. 3 allotment, quota, lot, dividend. 4 inheritance. 5 fortune, lot, destiny, doom. 7 allot, apportion. 8 endow. SEE SYNONYMS FOR portion ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR portionSEE ANTONYMS FOR portion ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for portion1. See part. OTHER WORDS FROM portionpor·tion·a·ble, adjectivepor·tion·less, adjectivere·por·tion, verb (used with object)un·por·tion·a·ble, adjective un·por·tioned, adjective WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH portionportion , potionWords nearby portionportiere, Porţile de Fier, Portinari, porting, portio, portion, portion-controlled, portioner, portio supravaginalis, portio vaginalis, Port Jackson Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for portionCounting encores, NBC estimated that over 44 million people had watched some portion of the production by the end of the month. The Cast of ‘Peter Pan Live!’ Knows You Hatewatched ‘The Sound of Music’|Kevin Fallon|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST In 2000, the Israeli government simply closed the portion of downtown Hebron under its control. Inside Hebron, Israel’s Heart of Darkness|Michael Tomasky|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST But they can win back a portion of it, and in many states and congressional districts, a portion will be enough to change things. The Real Reason Democrats Lost|Michael Tomasky|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST “They know how to take supplements, they know how to portion out their meals,” Smith said. College Football Fattens Players Up and Then Abandons Them|Evin Demirel|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A portion of ticket proceeds will go to the Foundation for Education of Young Women. Tickets on Sale Now For WITW Texas||September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood Brother Isaac Turley, who had traveled a portion of the road and who was an experienced traveler, was elected wagon-master. Forty Years Among the Indians|Daniel W. Jones We have surveyed briefly some problems of our people and a portion of the tasks before us. Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various In 1759 this portion of the work appeared, and in 1761 the work was completed by the history of the pre-Tudor periods. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8|Various It has conscripted a portion, a relatively small portion, of the men of the Nation. Right Above Race|Otto Hermann Kahn
British Dictionary definitions for portion
nouna part of a whole; fraction a part allotted or belonging to a person or group an amount of food served to one person; helping law - a share of property, esp one coming to a child from the estate of his parents
- the property given by a woman to her husband at marriage; dowry
a person's lot or destiny verb (tr)to divide up; share out to give a share to (a person); assign or allocate law to give a dowry or portion to (a person); endow Derived forms of portionportionless, adjectiveWord Origin for portionC13: via Old French from Latin portiō portion, allocation; related to pars part Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to portionserving, lot, fragment, chunk, excerpt, allocation, part, fraction, piece, segment, section, quantity, shot, taste, morsel, measure, quantum, extract, moiety, apportionment |