Portion

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole.
  • n. A part separated from a whole.
  • n. A part that is allotted to a person or group, as:
  • n. A helping of food.
  • n. The part of an estate received by an heir.
  • n. A woman's dowry.
  • n. A person's lot or fate.
  • v. To divide into parts or shares for distribution; parcel.
  • v. To provide with a share, inheritance, or dowry.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An allocated amount.
  • v. To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
  • v. To endow with a portion or inheritance.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
  • n. A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole.
  • n. A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A wife's fortune; a dowry.
  • v. To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.
  • v. To endow with a portion or inheritance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A part of a whole, whether separated from it, or considered by itself though not actually separated.
  • n. A part assigned or contributed; a share; an allowance or allotment; hence, a helping at table.
  • n. Lot; fate; destiny.
  • n. The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, or to be distributed to him in the settlement of the estate.
  • n. A wife's fortune; a dowry.
  • To divide or distribute into portions or shares; parcel; allot in shares.
  • To endow with a portion or an inheritance.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
  • n. assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
  • n. the allotment of some amount by dividing something
  • n. an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
  • v. give out
  • n. something determined in relation to something that includes it
  • n. money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
  • n. something less than the whole of a human artifact
  • Verb Form
    portioned    portioning    portions   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    parcel    share    division    dividend    allotment    quantity    fate    inheritance    dowry    distribute   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    section    part    amount    piece    aspect    mass    half    possession    shape    series