Definition of 'portion'
Word forms: plural portions
1. countable noun
A portion of something is a part of it.
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portion in British English
noun
2.
a part allotted or belonging to a person or group
3.
an amount of food served to one person; helping
4. law
verb (transitive)
6.
to divide up; share out
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Derived forms
portionless (ˈportionless) adjective
Word origin
C13: via Old French from Latin portiō portion, allocation; related to pars partWord Frequency
portion in American English
(ˈpɔrʃən, ˈpour-)
noun
1.
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it
I read a portion of the manuscript
3.
the part of a whole allotted to or belonging to a person or group; share
6. (esp formerly)
the money, goods, or estate that a woman brought to her husband at marriage; dowry
transitive verb
SYNONYMS 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 1. whole.8.
to furnish with a portion, as with an inheritance or a dowry
All of his children have been amply portioned
9.
to provide with a lot or fate
She was portioned with sorrow throughout her life
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Derived forms
portionable adjective
portionless
adjective
Word origin
[1250–1300; ME porcion ‹ OF ‹ L portiōn- (s. of portiō) share, part, akin to pars part]Examples of 'portion' in a sentence
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portion
British English: portion
/ˈpɔːʃən/ NOUN
A portion of something is a part of it.
A small portion of the castle was damaged.
- American English: portion /ˈpɔrʃən/
- Arabic: جُزْء
- Brazilian Portuguese: porção
- Chinese: 一部分
- Croatian: dio
- Czech: část
- Danish: portion
- Dutch: portie
- European Spanish: porción
- Finnish: osuus
- French: portion
- German: Portion
- Greek: μερίδιο
- Italian: porzione
- Japanese: 部分
- Korean: 부분
- Norwegian: del
- Polish: porcja
- European Portuguese: porção
- Romanian: porțiune
- Russian: порция
- Latin American Spanish: porción
- Swedish: portion
- Thai: ส่วนแบ่ง
- Turkish: parça
- Ukrainian: порція
- Vietnamese: phần
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