portion
//ˈpoɹʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- portions
- present (v1)
- portion
- past (v2)
- portioned
- past participle (v3)
- portioned
- present participle
- portioning
- 3rd person singular
- portions
Definitions
1.An allocated amount.
2.That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
3.One's fate; lot.
- Man's portion is to die and rise again.
- "Everywhere the same!" exclaimed Francesca, as she resumed her seat, "the same human misery, the same human portion!..
4.The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
- Father, giue me the portion of goods that falleth to me.
1.To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
2.To endow with a portion or inheritance.
- Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2330
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Etymology tree
Latin portiōder.
Old French porcionbor.
Middle English porcioun