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portion

1 of 2

noun

por·​tion ˈpȯr-shən How to pronounce portion (audio)
1
: an individual's part or share of something: such as
a
: a share received by gift or inheritance
b
: dowry
c
: enough food especially of one kind to serve one person at one meal
2
: an individual's lot, fate, or fortune : one's share of good and evil
3
: an often limited part of a whole

portion

2 of 2

verb

portioned; portioning ˈpȯr-sh(ə-)niŋ How to pronounce portion (audio)

transitive verb

1
: to divide into portions : distribute
portioned out the food equally
2
: to allot a dowry to : dower
Choose the Right Synonym for portion

part, portion, piece, member, division, section, segment, fragment mean something less than the whole.

part is a general term appropriate when indefiniteness is required.

they ran only part of the way

portion implies an assigned or allotted part.

cut the pie into six portions

piece applies to a separate or detached part of a whole.

a puzzle with 500 pieces

member suggests one of the functional units composing a body.

a structural member

division applies to a large or diversified part.

the manufacturing division of the company

section applies to a relatively small or uniform part.

the entertainment section of the newspaper

segment applies to a part separated or marked out by or as if by natural lines of cleavage.

the retired segment of the population

fragment applies to a part produced by or as if by breaking off.

only a fragment of the play still exists

fate, destiny, lot, portion, doom mean a predetermined state or end.

fate implies an inevitable and usually an adverse outcome.

the fate of the submarine is unknown

destiny implies something foreordained and often suggests a great or noble course or end.

the country's destiny to be a model of liberty to the world

lot and portion imply a distribution by fate or destiny, lot suggesting blind chance

it was her lot to die childless

, portion implying the apportioning of good and evil.

remorse was his daily portion

doom distinctly implies a grim or calamitous fate.

if the rebellion fails, his doom is certain

Example Sentences

Noun A portion of the donations will be given to the orphanage. Portions of land were used for farming. A considerable portion of the city was flooded. The restaurant gives large portions. She divided the pie into six equal portions. Verb The work was portioned to each member of the staff. portioned out the medical supplies equally See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The aircraft mechanics represent a relatively small portion of the company’s workforce of more than 500,000. Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 17 Sep. 2022 The food eaten on both diets was identical, but portion sizes were adjusted to provide the correct calorie serving size for the meal. Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2022 Emergency vehicles swarmed the area, and a portion of the private university’s West Campus was blocked off by police. Matt Yan And, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022 Meal variety and portion sizes were also highly rated. Good Housekeeping, 9 Sep. 2022 The airports authority, Fairfax and Loudoun counties are paying for a portion of the project’s costs, but the bulk of the funding comes from Dulles Toll Road users. Justin George, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022 This tiny portion of the band’s FBI file was released to the public a little over a decade ago, and now Micky Dolenz, the group’s sole surviving member, has filed a lawsuit against the FBI (See the full suit below). Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2022 Housing projects are the largest portion of the city’s latest $102.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act dollars announced Monday at a Cleveland City Council Caucus meeting. Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2022 For now, the companies are focused on their Houston project, where crews have begun clearing land on a portion of a 160-acre tract west of the community’s junior and senior high school. Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2022
Verb
Pro tip: pre-portion this creamy potato salad into small Dixie cups to make backyard eating a breeze. Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2022 Using a 1 3/4-inch (No. 40) cookie scoop or 2 tablespoons, portion the dough and roll into balls. Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2022 The results are hearty, easy to portion and extremely versatile. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 26 Oct. 2021 Sometimes that’s the best, or only way, to portion out a large slab pie or pizza. Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2021 Use a spoon to portion some half-moons of perfectly ripe avocado on top. Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 8 Sep. 2021 Workers portion them out precisely, measuring the stiff salmon into boxes, then boating them to other communities in the region. Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2021 If your gluttonous best friend plows through food too fast, a slow-feed option can portion out the meal over 15 minutes. Sal Vaglica, WSJ, 21 July 2021 At the table, portion out soufflé into individual bowls. Odette Williams, WSJ, 18 June 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English porcioun, from Anglo-French, from Latin portion-, portio; akin to Latin part-, pars part

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of portion was in the 14th century

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