partition

noun

/pɑːˈtɪʃn/

/pɑːrˈtɪʃn/

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[countable] a wall or screen that separates one part of a room from another
- The cafe was divided up by glass partitions.
- I could hear him snoring through the thin partition walls.
Extra Examples
- There were no partitions between the showers.
- The family had to smash through a glass partition to escape the fire.
Topics Houses and homesc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- movable
- sliding
- folding
- …
verb + partition
- build
- create
- erect
- …
partition + verb
- divide something
- divide something up
- separate something
- …
partition + noun
- wall
preposition
- partition between
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[uncountable] the division of one country into two or more countries
- the partition of Germany after the war
Topics Politicsc2

Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin partitio(n-), from partiri ‘divide into parts’.

verb

/pɑːˈtɪʃn/

/pɑːrˈtɪʃn/

[often passive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they partition	/pɑːˈtɪʃn/ /pɑːrˈtɪʃn/
he / she / it partitions	/pɑːˈtɪʃnz/ /pɑːrˈtɪʃnz/
past simple partitioned	/pɑːˈtɪʃnd/ /pɑːrˈtɪʃnd/
past participle partitioned	/pɑːˈtɪʃnd/ /pɑːrˈtɪʃnd/
-ing form partitioning	/pɑːˈtɪʃənɪŋ/ /pɑːrˈtɪʃənɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

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to divide something into parts
- partition something to partition a country
- The country was partitioned a year after the elections.
- partition something into something The room is partitioned into three sections.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin partitio(n-), from partiri ‘divide into parts’.

Partition

/pɑːˈtɪʃn/

/pɑːrˈtɪʃn/

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the division of India into the independent countries of India and Pakistan in August 1947 when British rule in India ended. This was one of the conditions of independence, though it led to much violence between Hindus and Muslims.

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