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noun | verb partitionpartition1 /pɑrˈtɪʃən, pɚ-/ noun ETYMOLOGYpartition1Origin: 1400-1500 French Latin partitio, from partire; ➔ PART2 1[countable] a thin wall that separates one part of a room from another2[uncountable] social studies, politics the act of dividing a country into two or more independent countries: partition of the partition of Cyprus3computers a part into which computer memory can be divided noun | verb partitionpartition2 verb [transitive + adv./prep.] VERB TABLEpartition |
| Present | I, you, we, they | partition | | he, she, it | partitions | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | partitioned | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have partitioned | | he, she, it | has partitioned | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had partitioned | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will partition | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have partitioned |
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| Present | I | am partitioning | | he, she, it | is partitioning | | you, we, they | are partitioning | | Past | I, he, she, it | was partitioning | | you, we, they | were partitioning | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been partitioning | | he, she, it | has been partitioning | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been partitioning | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be partitioning | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been partitioning |
THESAURUSdivide► separate to divide or split into different parts, or layers, or to make something do this: The milk had separated from the cream. First separate the eggs and beat the whites (=divide the white part from the yellow part). ► divide to make something form a number of smaller parts: The teacher divided the class into groups. ► split to separate something into two or more groups, parts, etc.: We split the money between us. ► part to separate hair into two parts with a space in the middle. You can also use part more formally to talk about separating a substance so that there is a space between the two sides: He usually parts his hair in the middle. In the story Moses parts the Red Sea. ► break up to separate something into smaller parts: The phone company was broken up into smaller companies to encourage competition. ► segregate to separate one group of people from others because of race, sex, religion, etc.: Schools were racially segregated. ► isolate to keep one person or thing alone and separate from others: The hospital isolates patients who have infectious diseases. ► partition formal to divide a country, room, or building into two or more parts: After World War II, Germany was partitioned into East and West Germany. ► apportion formal to decide how something should be divided between various people: The funds are apportioned to each of the schools in the district. 1to divide a country, building, or room into two or more parts: Korea was partitioned at the 38th parallel after World War II.► see thesaurus at separate22computers to divide computer memory into separate partspartition something ↔ off phrasal verb to divide part of a room from the rest by using a partition: The rest of the room had been partitioned off into smaller offices. |