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 Definitions of Portion  [ˈpɔr ʃən, ˈpoʊr-]  

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Definition of 'Portion' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) portion
a part of a whole, either separated from or integrated with it; segment.

2.  portion
an amount of food served to one person; serving; helping.

3.  portion
the part of a whole allotted or belonging to a person or group; share.

4.  portion
the part of an estate that goes to an heir or a next of kin.

5.  portion
that which is allotted to a person by God or fate; lot.

6.  portion
a woman's dowry.

7. (v.t.) portion
to divide into or distribute in portions or shares (often fol. by out).

8.  portion
to furnish with a portion, as with an inheritance or dowry.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME porcion < OF < L portiō share, part, akin to parspart)

Definition of 'Portion' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) part, portion, component part, component, constituent
something determined in relation to something that includes it
"he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"

2. (noun) part, portion
something less than the whole of a human artifact
"the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"

3. (noun) parcel, portion, share
the allotment of some amount by dividing something
"death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"

4. (noun) share, portion, part, percentage
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
"he wanted his share in cash"

5. (noun) fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
"whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"

6. (noun) dowry, dowery, dower, portion
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

7. (verb) helping, portion, serving
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
"the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each"

8. (verb) assign, allot, portion
give out
"We were assigned new uniforms"


Definition of 'Portion' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) portion
a part or section
The surgeon removed a large portion of the intestine.

2.  portion
a serving of food
Just a small portion for me.


Definition of 'Portion' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Portion
that which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything

2. (noun) Portion
a part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole

3. (noun) Portion
a part assigned; allotment; share; fate

4. (noun) Portion
the part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance

5. (noun) Portion
a wife's fortune; a dowry

6. (verb) Portion
to separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute

7. (verb) Portion
to endow with a portion or inheritance


Translation of 'Portion' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a part
Read this portion of the book.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: deel, gedeelte Arabic flag Arabic: جُزْ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: част
Brazilian flag Brazilian: porção Czech flag Czech: část, partie German flag German: der Teil
Danish flag Danish: del Greek flag Greek: τμήμα Spanish flag Spanish: parte
Estonian flag Estonian: osa Farsi flag Farsi: بخش Finnish flag Finnish: osa
French flag French: partie Hebrew flag Hebrew: חֵלֶק Hindi flag Hindi: भाग
Croatian flag Croatian: dio Hungarian flag Hungarian: részlet Indonesian flag Indonesian: bagian
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hluti, partur Italian flag Italian: parte Japanese flag Japanese: 部分
Korean flag Korean: 부분 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: dalis Latvian flag Latvian: daļa
Malay flag Malay: bahagian Dutch flag Dutch: deel Norwegian flag Norwegian: del
Polish flag Polish: część Persian flag Persian: بخش Pashto flag Pashto: برخه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: porção Romanian flag Romanian: parte Russian flag Russian: часть
Slovak flag Slovak: úryvok Slovenian flag Slovenian: del Serbian flag Serbian: odlomak
Swedish flag Swedish: del, stycke Thai flag Thai: ส่วนหนึ่ง Turkish flag Turkish: bölüm
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 一部分 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: частина, частка Urdu flag Urdu: جز
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: phần Chinese flag Chinese: 一部分

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'Portion' - Nearby Entries  

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