Found 3 items, similar to portion.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: portion
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: portion
portion
n 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]
portion
v : give out or allot;
“We were assigned new uniforms” [syn:
assign,
allot]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Portion
Portion
\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.
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And portion to his tribes the wide domain. --Pope.
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2. To endow with a portion or inheritance.
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Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest.
--Pope.
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Portion
\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.
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2. A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off
or separated from the whole.
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These are parts of his ways; but how little a
portion is heard of him! --Job xxvi.
14.
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Portions and parcels of the dreadful past.
--Tennyson.
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3. A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.
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The lord of that servant . . . will appoint him his
portion with the unbelievers. --Luke xii.
46.
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Man's portion is to die and rise again. --Keble.
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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.
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Give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.
--Luke xv. 12.
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5. A wife's fortune; a dowry. --Shak.
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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.
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