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