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Meaning of PORTION

Pronunciation:  'powrshun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans"
  2. [n]  something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
  3. [n]  an individual portion of food or drink; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each"
  4. [n]  assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"
  5. [n]  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"
  6. [n]  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"
  7. [v]  give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"
 
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 Synonyms: allot, assign, circumstances, component, component part, destiny, fate, fortune, helping, lot, luck, parcel, part, part, part, percentage, serving, share, share
 
 See Also: administer, allocate, allocation, allocation, allotment, allotment, allow, allowance, appendage, apportion, apportioning, apportionment, appropriate, assets, assignation, bad luck, breast, bulb, butt, component, condition, constituent, cut, cutout, deal, deal out, detail, dish out, dispensation, dispense, distribute, dole, dole out, drink, drumstick, earmark, earnings, element, failure, foible, forte, fraction, good fortune, good luck, hub, ill luck, interest, item, jetsam, language unit, libation, limb, linguistic unit, lot, lucre, meal, medallion, member, meronymy, mete out, misfortune, mouthful, net, net income, net profit, object, oyster, parcel out, parceling, parcelling, parson's nose, part to whole relation, particular, peen, physical object, piece, piece, piece, point, pope's nose, pressing, profit, profit sharing, profits, providence, ration, relation, remainder, repast, reserve, residual, residue, residuum, rest, round, round of drinks, second joint, section, segment, set aside, shank, shell out, slice, slice, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, split, stake, stub, subpart, substance, taste, thigh, tough luck, tranche, unit, unit, waist, way, white meat, whole, whole thing, wing, wreckage

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Por"tion\, n. [F., from L. portio, akin to pars,
partis, a part. See {Part}, n.]
1. That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a
   whole; a separated part of anything.
2. A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off
   or separated from the whole.
         These are parts of his ways; but how little a
         portion is heard of him!              --Job xxvi.
                                               14.
         Portions and parcels of the dreadful past.
                                               --Tennyson.
3. A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.
         The lord of that servant . . . will appoint him his
         portion with the unbelievers.         --Luke xii.
                                               46.
         Man's portion is to die and rise again. --Keble.
4. The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or
   descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the
   settlement of the estate; an inheritance.
         Give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.
                                               --Luke xv. 12.
5. A wife's fortune; a dowry. --Shak.
Syn: Division; share; parcel; quantity; allotment; dividend.
Usage: {Portion}, {Part}. Part is generic, having a simple
       reference to some whole. Portion has the additional
       idea of such a division as bears reference to an
       individual, or is allotted to some object; as, a
       portion of one's time; a portion of Scripture.

  2. \Por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Portioned}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Portioning}.]
1. To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel;
   to distribute.
         And portion to his tribes the wide domain. --Pope.
2. To endow with a portion or inheritance.
         Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest.
                                               --Pope.
 
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