portion

[ pawr-shuhn, pohr- ]

/ ˈpɔr ʃən, ˈpoʊr- /

noun

a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript.

an amount of food served for one person; serving; helping: He took a large portion of spinach.

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

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

Literary. something that is allotted to a person by God or fate.

(especially formerly) the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband at marriage; dowry.

verb (used with object)

to divide into or distribute in portions or shares (often followed by out).

to furnish with a portion, as with an inheritance or a dowry: All of his children have been amply portioned.

to provide with a lot or fate: She was portioned with sorrow throughout her life.

Origin of portion

1250–1300; Middle English porcion < Old French < Latin portiōn- (stem of portiō) share, part, akin to pars part

SYNONYMS FOR portion

1 section, segment. See part.

2 ration.

3 allotment, quota, lot, dividend.

4 inheritance.

5 fortune, lot, destiny, doom.

7 allot, apportion.

8 endow.

ANTONYMS FOR portion

1 whole.

OTHER WORDS FROM portion

por·tion·a·ble, adjective por·tion·less, adjective re·por·tion, verb (used with object) un·por·tion·a·ble, adjective

un·por·tioned, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH portion

portion potion

Words nearby portion

portinari, porting, portio, portio supravaginalis, portio vaginalis, portion, portion-controlled, portioner, portière, portland, portland cement

Example sentences from the Web for portioning

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Childhood does not understand how artificial the portioning of time is; the New Year affects us even when we recognise the fact.

A Tramp's Notebook |Morley Roberts
A correct way of portioning out the time to be allowed for each couple of strings is shown in Ex.

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She held a half-burned paper in her hand; Dr. Jallup stood near the bed, portioning out some calomel and quinine.

Birthright |T.S. Stribling

Five hundred pounds is not a great deal for portioning off a girl when that is to be the last that she is ever to have.

Mr. Scarborough's Family |Anthony Trollope
Bequests for the portioning of poor girls and virtuous servant-maids are, indeed, not at all uncommon.

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 436 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for portioning

portion

/ (ˈpɔːʃən) /

noun

a part of a whole; fraction

a part allotted or belonging to a person or group

an amount of food served to one person; helping

law

a share of property, esp one coming to a child from the estate of his parents
the property given by a woman to her husband at marriage; dowry

a person's lot or destiny

verb (tr)

to divide up; share out

to give a share to (a person); assign or allocate

law to give a dowry or portion to (a person); endow

Derived forms of portion

portionless, adjective

Word Origin for portion

C13: via Old French from Latin portiō portion, allocation; related to pars part

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portion

noun

verb (used with object)

Origin of portion

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ANTONYMS FOR portion

OTHER WORDS FROM portion

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH portion

Words nearby portion

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