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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024por•tion /ˈpɔrʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a part of a whole;
a segment:Portions of this television broadcast have been sponsored by various oil companies. - an amount of food served to one person;
serving; helping:several portions of meat and dessert. - the part of a whole set aside for a person or group;
share:My portion was less than yours. - the part of an estate that goes to an heir.
v. - to divide into or distribute in portions or shares: [~ + out + object]Portion out the rest of this food among yourselves.[~ + object + out]Portion it out among yourselves.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024por•tion (pôr′shən, pōr′-),USA pronunciation n. - a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:I read a portion of the manuscript.
- an amount of food served for one person;
serving; helping:He took a large portion of spinach. - the part of a whole allotted to or belonging to a person or group;
share. - the part of an estate that goes to an heir or a next of kin.
- [Literary.]something that is allotted to a person by God or fate.
- (esp. formerly) the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband at marriage;
dowry. v.t. - to divide into or distribute in portions or shares (often fol. by out).
- to furnish with a portion, as with an inheritance or a dowry:All of his children have been amply portioned.
- to provide with a lot or fate:She was portioned with sorrow throughout her life.
- Latin portiōn- (stem of portiō) share, part, akin to pars part
- Old French
- Middle English porcion 1250–1300
por′tion•a•ble, adj. por′tion•less, adj. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged section, segment. See part.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ration.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged allotment, quota, lot, dividend.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inheritance.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fortune, lot, destiny, doom.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged allot, apportion.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged endow.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged whole.
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