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Definitions for portion
ˈpɔr ʃən, ˈpoʊr-por·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
part, portion, component part, component, constituentnoun
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"
part, portionnoun
something less than the whole of a human artifact
"the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
parcel, portion, sharenoun
the allotment of some amount by dividing something
"death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"
share, portion, part, percentagenoun
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
"he wanted his share in cash"
fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portionnoun
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"
dowry, dowery, dower, portionnoun
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
helping, portion, servingverb
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"
assign, allot, portionverb
give out
"We were assigned new uniforms"
Wiktionary
portionnoun
An allocated amount.
portionverb
To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
portionverb
To endow with a portion or inheritance.
Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest. uE000114951uE001 Alexander Pope.
Etymology: From porcioun, from porcion, from portio, akin to pars; see part. Compare proportion.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
PORTIONnoun
Etymology: portion, Fr. portio, Latin.
These are parts of his ways, but how little a portion is heard of him? Job xxvi. 14.
Like favour find the Irish, with like fate
Advanc’d to be a portion of our state. Edmund Waller.In battles won, fortune a part did claim,
And soldiers have their portion in the fame. Edmund Waller.Those great portions or fragments fell into the abyss; some in one posture, and some in another. Burnet.
Pirithous no small portion of the war
Press’d on, and shook his lance. Dryden.Here their pris’n ordain’d and portion set. John Milton.
Shou’d you no honey vow to taste,
But what the master-bees have plac’d
In compass of their cells, how small
A portion to your share would fall? Edmund Waller.Of words they seldom know more than the grammatical construction, unless they are born with a poetical genius, which is a rare portion amongst them. Dryden.
As soon as any good appears to make a part of their portion of happiness, they begin to desire it. John Locke.
When he considers the manifold temptations of poverty and riches, and how fatally it will affect his happiness to be overcome by them, he will join with Agur in petitioning God for the safer portion of a moderate convenience. John Rogers.
One or two faults are easily to be remedied with a very small portion of abilities. Jonathan Swift.
Leave to thy children tumult, strife and war,
Portions of toil, and legacies of care. Matthew Prior.To Portionverb
Etymology: from the noun.
The gods who portion out
The lots of princes as of private men,
Have put a bar between his hopes and empire. Nicholas Rowe.Argos the seat of sovereign rule I chose,
Where my Ulysses and his race might reign,
And portion to his tribes the wide domain. Alexander Pope.Him portion’d maids, apprentic’d orphans blest,
The young who labour, and the old who rest. Alexander Pope.
ChatGPT
portion
A portion is a part or segment of something such as an object, activity, or period of time, considered by itself in relation to the whole. It may also refer to a serving or amount of food suitable for or served to one person.
Webster Dictionary
Portionnoun
that which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything
Portionnoun
a part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole
Portionnoun
a part assigned; allotment; share; fate
Portionnoun
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
Portionnoun
a wife's fortune; a dowry
Portionverb
to separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute
Portionverb
to endow with a portion or inheritance
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Portion
pōr′shun, n. a part: an allotment: fate: destiny: dividend: the part of an estate descending to an heir: a wife's fortune.—v.t. to divide into portions: to allot a share: to furnish with a portion.—adj. Por′tioned, having a portion or endowment.—ns. Por′tioner, one who portions or assigns shares: (Scots law) the occupier of a small feu or portion of land: one of two or more incumbents on a benefice at one time; Por′tionist, one who has an academical allowance: the incumbent of a benefice which has more than one rector or vicar.—adj. Por′tionless, having no portion, dowry, or property.—Marriage portion, a gift given by a parent or guardian to a bride on her marriage. [O. Fr.,—L. portio, portionis, akin to pars, a part.]
Editors Contribution
portion
An allocated amount or quantity.
Their mother always gave the same portion of food to each of them as she was such a fair person.
Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'portion' in Nouns Frequency: #2262
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of portion in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of portion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of portion in a Sentence
If you had worked in non-covered employment for a significant portion of your career, there should be a shared burden between the pension you receive from that period of your employment and from Social Security in providing your benefit.
Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.
I definitely think there is a substantial portion of people whose symptoms can be managed earlier so they don’t end up in the hospital.
I think that John Gibbs has certainly fired up a certain portion of the electorate over those claims, and I think it's dangerous.
We've done wet dress rehearsal testing, where we've gone through a good portion of the countdown and worked through any problems, we're feeling good about getting to launch on Monday.
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- جزءArabic
- porcióCatalan, Valencian
- TeilGerman
- μερίδαGreek
- porciónSpanish
- annos, osuus, osaFinnish
- part, portionFrench
- cuidIrish
- cuidScottish Gaelic
- adagHungarian
- porzioneItalian
- 部分Japanese
- ულუფა, პორცია, ნაწილი, წილიGeorgian
- 일부, 一部Korean
- tahaMāori
- deel, portieDutch
- porcjaPolish
- porçãoPortuguese
- porțiune, porție, bucată, cotă-parte, fragmentRomanian
- доля, порция, частьRussian
- portionSwedish
- pay, hisseTurkish
- порціяUkrainian
- phần, 分Vietnamese
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