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apportionapportion /əˈpɔrʃən/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYapportionOrigin: 1500-1600 French apportionner, from portionner to portion VERB TABLEapportion |
| Present | I, you, we, they | apportion | | he, she, it | apportions | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | apportioned | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have apportioned | | he, she, it | has apportioned | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had apportioned | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will apportion | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have apportioned |
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| Present | I | am apportioning | | he, she, it | is apportioning | | you, we, they | are apportioning | | Past | I, he, she, it | was apportioning | | you, we, they | were apportioning | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been apportioning | | he, she, it | has been apportioning | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been apportioning | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be apportioning | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been apportioning |
► apportion blame It’s not easy to apportion blame (=say who deserves the blame) when a marriage breaks up. THESAURUSdivide► separate to divide or split into different parts, or layers, or to make something do this: The milk had separated from the cream. First separate the eggs and beat the whites (=divide the white part from the yellow part). ► divide to make something form a number of smaller parts: The teacher divided the class into groups. ► split to separate something into two or more groups, parts, etc.: We split the money between us. ► part to separate hair into two parts with a space in the middle. You can also use part more formally to talk about separating a substance so that there is a space between the two sides: He usually parts his hair in the middle. In the story Moses parts the Red Sea. ► break up to separate something into smaller parts: The phone company was broken up into smaller companies to encourage competition. ► segregate to separate one group of people from others because of race, sex, religion, etc.: Schools were racially segregated. ► isolate to keep one person or thing alone and separate from others: The hospital isolates patients who have infectious diseases. ► partition formal to divide a country, room, or building into two or more parts: After World War II, Germany was partitioned into East and West Germany. ► apportion formal to decide how something should be divided between various people: The funds are apportioned to each of the schools in the district. to decide how something should be shared among various people: apportion something among/between Apportioning funds fairly among the schools in the district has been difficult. It’s not easy to apportion blame (=say who deserves the blame) when a marriage breaks up.► see thesaurus at separate2—apportionment noun [countable, uncountable] → see also reapportionment |