Dictionary Definition
portion
Noun
1 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" [syn: part, component
part, component]
2 something less than the whole of a human
artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts
together" [syn: part]
3 the result of parcelling out or sharing; "death
gets more than its share of attention from theologicans" [syn:
parcel, share]
4 assets belonging to or due to or contributed by
an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" [syn:
share, part, percentage]
5 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" [syn: fortune,
destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances]
6 an individual quantity of food or drink taken
as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was
larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each" [syn:
helping, serving] v : give out or allot;
"We were assigned new uniforms" [syn: assign, allot]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)ʃən
Noun
- Someone's allocated amount.
Translations
allocated amount
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Friday,
Friday the thirteenth, adjunct, administer, allocate, allocation, allot, allotment, allowance, amount, antepast, appanage, appointed lot,
apportion, apportionment, assign, assignment, astral
influences, astrology,
bag, bang, batch, beverage, big end, bigger half,
bit, bite, bolt, book of fate, booster, booster dose, booster
shot, break up, budget,
bumper, bunch, carve, carve up, chunk, circumstance, clutch, coil, commission, component, consign, constellation, contingent, count, course, cover, cross section, cup, cut, cut up, deal, deal out, deck, dessert, destination, destiny, detachment, detail, dies funestis, disburse, dish, dispense, disperse, dispose, distribute, district, divide, divide into shares,
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fatality, fate, fix, foredoom, fortune, foundation, fraction, fragment, future, give out, gob, group, gulp, guzzle, half, halver, heap, help, helping, hit, hunk, ides of March, inevitability, injection, installment, interest, investment, issue, item, jointure, kismet, lap, large amount, legal jointure,
libation, lot, lump, mainlining, marriage portion,
measure, measure out,
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out, peg, percentage, piece, place, planets, plate, platter, popping, portion out, potation, potion, proportion, prorate, pull, quadrant, quaff, quantity, quantum, quarter, quota, rake-off, random sample,
ration, remainder, roll, run, sample, sampling, scrap, second helping, section, sector, segment, service, serving, settlement, share, share out, share with,
shift, shot, sip, skin-popping, slice, slice the pie, slice up,
sliver, slug, slurp, small amount, small share,
snort, split, split up, spoon out,
stake, stars, stock, strip, subdivide, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies, suck, sum, sup, swig, swill, thirds, tot, unlucky day, wedge, weird, wheel of fortune, will of
Heaven, zone