apportion
verb /əˈpɔːʃn/
/əˈpɔːrʃn/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they apportion | /əˈpɔːʃn/ /əˈpɔːrʃn/ |
| he / she / it apportions | /əˈpɔːʃnz/ /əˈpɔːrʃnz/ |
| past simple apportioned | /əˈpɔːʃnd/ /əˈpɔːrʃnd/ |
| past participle apportioned | /əˈpɔːʃnd/ /əˈpɔːrʃnd/ |
| -ing form apportioning | /əˈpɔːʃənɪŋ/ /əˈpɔːrʃənɪŋ/ |
- to divide something among people; to give a share of something to somebody
- apportion something The programme gives the facts but does not apportion blame.
- apportion something among/between/to somebody They apportioned the land among members of the family.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryApportion is used with these nouns as the object:- blame
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Old French apportionner or medieval Latin apportionare, from ad- ‘to’ + portionare ‘divide into portions’.