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Synonyms for portion
ˈpɔr ʃən, ˈpoʊr-por·tion
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Wiktionary
portionverb
portionverb
An allocated amount.
portionverb
To endow with a portion or inheritance.
Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest. Alexander Pope.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
portion
When any whole is divided into parts, any part that is allotted to some person, thing, subject or purpose is called a portion, tho the division may be by no fixed rule or relation; a father may divide his estate by will among his children so as to make their several portions great or small, according to his arbitrary and unreasonable caprice. When we speak of a part as a proportion, we think of the whole as divided according to some rule or scale, so that the different parts bear a contemplated and intended relation or ratio to one another; thus, the portion allotted to a child by will may not be a fair proportion of the estate. Proportion is often used where part or portion would be more appropriate. Compare PART.
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"
Synonyms:
grammatical constituent, fortune, fate, dowery, lot, role, piece, theatrical role, dowry, function, section, constituent, share, character, division, part, luck, circumstances, destiny, element, helping, dower, contribution, component, factor, region, persona, parcel, component part, percentage, parting, office, serving, ingredient, voicepart, portionnoun
something less than the whole of a human artifact
"the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
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fortune, parting, contribution, lot, serving, division, component, role, dower, constituent, share, function, percentage, part, section, voice, dowery, fate, parcel, dowry, piece, office, character, theatrical role, circumstances, region, helping, luck, component part, persona, destinyparcel, portion, sharenoun
the allotment of some amount by dividing something
"death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"
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fortune, destiny, contribution, lot, serving, tract, piece of land, dower, component, share, parcel of land, part, percentage, parcel, dowery, packet, circumstances, bundle, dowry, constituent, ploughshare, luck, plowshare, package, helping, piece of ground, component part, fateshare, portion, part, percentagenoun
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
"he wanted his share in cash"
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fortune, fate, dowery, lot, per centum, role, piece, theatrical role, percentage, dowry, function, section, constituent, percent, share, character, division, part, luck, circumstances, destiny, helping, dower, contribution, component, region, persona, parcel, component part, ploughshare, parting, office, serving, plowshare, pct, voicefortune, 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"
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tidy sum, fortune, fate, peck, mint, band, plenty, lot, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, parcel, dowry, spate, muckle, mass, constituent, pile, share, good deal, stack, chance, luck, destiny, deal, serving, dowery, dower, percentage, caboodle, hazard, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, component, slew, heap, mess, part, bunch, sight, circumstances, mountain, draw, helping, component part, set, great deal, pot, circledowry, dowery, dower, portionnoun
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
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fortune, destiny, circumstances, lot, serving, dowery, component, dower, part, percentage, parcel, share, dowry, constituent, helping, luck, component part, fatehelping, 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"
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fortune, destiny, lot, serving, service, dowery, dower, component, share, part, percentage, parcel, circumstances, service of process, dowry, constituent, helping, luck, component part, fateassign, allot, portionverb
give out
"We were assigned new uniforms"
Synonyms:
put, lot, grant, set apart, arrogate, parcel out, administer, allot, deal, mete out, dispense, deal out, specify, depute, delegate, designate, ascribe, impute, assign, dish out, dole out, attribute, distribute, shell out, accord
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
portionnoun
Synonyms:
part, section, piece, allotment, quota, share, contingent, inheritance, dowry
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How to use portion in a sentence?
I think the majority of legacy automakers will own a large portion of the market share in time.
In my view, a huge portion of WikiLeaks' activities has nothing to do with legitimate newsgathering, informing the public and commenting on important public controversies, but is simply about releasing classified information to damage the US, people sometimes get cynical about journalists -- American journalists do not do that. They will almost always call us before they publish classified information and say, 'is there anything about this that is going to put lives in danger -- that is going to jeopardize government people, military people, or innocent civilians anywhere in the world?'.
Of the two great political parties which have divided the opinions and feelings of our country, the candid and the just will now admit that both have contributed splendid talents, spotless integrity, ardent patriotism, and disinterested sacrifices to the formation and administration of this Government, and that both have required a liberal indulgence for a portion of human infirmity and error.
It is not fair to conclude with so much ease that accords reached without your presence constitute a betrayal of the country, nor should you continue to stoke rancor and revenge in the minds of a large portion of Colombians.
The Hammonds are multi-generation cattle ranchers in Oregon imprisoned in connection with a fire that leaked onto a small portion of neighboring public grazing land, the evidence at trial regarding the Hammonds ’ responsibility for the fire was conflicting, and the jury acquitted them on most of the charges.
Translations for portion
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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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