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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024par•ti•tion /pɑrˈtɪʃən, pɚ-/USA pronunciation n. - a division into portions;
a separation, as of two or more things:[uncountable]the partition of the former Communist empire into dozens of independent states. - Building a wall or barrier within a space, dividing it into separate areas:[countable]A partition in your apartment would provide privacy.
v. [~ + object] - to divide into parts or portions.
- Buildingto divide or separate by a partition [~ (+ off) + object]to partition (off) a dining area.[~ + object (+ off)]to partition the area (off).
- Governmentto divide (a territory) into separate political parts:The defeated country was partitioned and governed by the UN.
par•ti•tioned, adj. See -par-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024par•ti•tion (pär tish′ən, pər-),USA pronunciation n. - a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
- a separation, as of two or more things.
- something that separates or divides.
- a part, division, or section.
- Buildingan interior wall or barrier dividing a room, area of a building, enclosure, etc., into separate areas.
- a septum or dissepiment, as in a plant or animal structure.
- Lawa division of property among joint owners or tenants in common or a sale of such property followed by a division of the proceeds.
- Philosophy[Logic.]the separation of a whole into its integrant parts.
- Mathematics
- a mode of separating a positive whole number into a sum of positive whole numbers.
- Mathematicsthe decomposition of a set into disjoint subsets whose union is the original set:A partition of the set(1, 2, 3, 4, 5) is the collection of subsets (1), (2, 3), (4), and (5).
- Rhetoric(in a speech organized on classical principles) the second, usually brief section or part in which a speaker announces the chief lines of thought to be discussed in support of his or her theme.
v.t. - to divide into parts or portions.
- Buildingto divide or separate by interior walls, barriers, or the like (sometimes fol. by off):to partition off a dormitory into cubicles.
- to divide (a country or territory) into separate, usually differing political entities. Cf. Balkanize.
- Lawto divide property among several owners, either in specie or by sale and division of the proceeds.
- Latin partītiōn- (stem of partītiō) division, equivalent. to partīt(us) past participle of partīrī to divide (see party) + -iōn- -ion
- late Middle English 1400–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See division.
- 11.See corresponding entry in Unabridged portion, apportion.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unity.
- 11.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unite.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: partition /pɑːˈtɪʃən/ n - a division into parts; separation
- something that separates, such as a large screen dividing a room in two
- a part or share
- a division of a country into two or more separate nations
- a division of property, esp realty, among joint owners
vb (transitive)- (often followed by off) to separate or apportion into sections: to partition a room off with a large screen
Etymology: 15th Century: via Old French from Latin partītiō, from partīre to divide |