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portion

/ˈpoɹʃən/noun, verb2 syllables

Portion means: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you).

Synonyms for portion35

noun, as in your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances

noun, as in something determined in relation to something that includes it

part, component part, component, constituent

noun, as in assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group

share, part, percentage

noun, as in money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

dowry, dowery, dower

noun, as in the allotment of some amount by dividing something

parcel, share

noun, as in an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal

helping, serving

noun, as in something less than the whole of a human artifact

part

verb, as in give out

assign, allot

also used for portion

piece, bit, chip, chunk, tranche, clip, crumb, crumbling, cutting, doom, chance, destin, fatality, foredoom, foreordination

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What does portion mean?8

noun

1

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)“whatever my fortune may be”

2

something determined in relation to something that includes it“he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself”

3

assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group“he wanted his share in cash”

4

money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

5

the allotment of some amount by dividing something“death gets more than its share of attention from theologians”

6

an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal“the helpings were all small”

7

something less than the whole of a human artifact“the rear part of the house”

verb

1

give out“We were assigned new uniforms”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with portion?4

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Portion in a sentence

  • Much of this area is very mountainous, particularly in the northern portion.CM
  • The portion for those who are away, we've reserved it.anzart
  • The abscess affected a significant portion of the arm, which had to be amputated.rul
  • A small portion of ham, please, and a draught beer.lukaszpp
  • He finished the steak, then ordered another portion.n1ls
  • Today, there isn't any salad, but only a large portion of french fries.scrungus
  • I'd like a large portion of rice, please.andrewmc
  • Today's lunch was really good, but the portions were too small to satisfy.DJ_Saidez

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Forms of portion

as a noun

plural
portions

as a verb

past tense
portioned
present participle
portioning
third-person singular
portions
past participle
portioned