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Portion

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Noun

1. component, component part, constituent, part, portion

something determined in relation to something that includes it

Example Sentences:
'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'

2. part, portion

something less than the whole of a human artifact

Example Sentences:
'the rear part of the house'
'glue the two parts together'

3. parcel, portion, share

the allotment of some amount by dividing something

Example Sentences:
'death gets more than its share of attention from theologians'

4. part, percentage, portion, share

assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group

Example Sentences:
'he wanted his share in cash'

5. circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, luck, portion

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

Example Sentences:
'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'

6. dower, dowery, dowry, portion

money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

7. helping, portion, serving

an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal

Example Sentences:
'the helpings were all small'
'his portion was larger than hers'
'there's enough for two servings each'

Verb

8. allot, assign, portion

give out

Example Sentences:
'We were assigned new uniforms'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Portion

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noun
1. 
a part of a whole; fraction
2. 
a part allotted or belonging to a person or group
3. 
an amount of food served to one person; helping
4. law
a. 
a share of property, esp one coming to a child from the estate of his or her parents
b. archaic
the property given by a woman to her husband at marriage; dowry
5. 
a person's lot or destiny
verb (transitive)
6. 
to divide up; share out
7. 
to give a share to (a person); assign or allocate
8. law
to give a dowry or portion to (a person); endow

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Portion

see synonyms of portion
noun
1. 
a part or limited quantity of anything, esp. that allotted to a person; share
2. 
the part of an estate received by an heir
3. 
the part of a man's money or property contributed by his bride; dowry
4. 
the part of experience supposedly allotted to a person by fate; one's lot; destiny
5. 
the part of a meal or quantity of food served to a person; serving; helping
verb transitive
6. 
to divide into portions
7. 
to give as a portion to; apportion
8. 
to give a portion to; endow; dower

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Portion

see synonyms of portion
n.
1. A section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole.
2. A part separated from a whole.
3. A part that is allotted to a person or group, as:
a. A helping of food.
b. The part of an estate received by an heir.
c. A woman's dowry: marriage portion.
4. A person's lot or fate.
tr.v. por·tioned, por·tion·ing, por·tions
1. To divide into parts or shares for distribution; parcel.
2. To provide with a share, inheritance, or dowry.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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