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portion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | helping, serving |
| Type of | small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity |
| Has types | oyster, piece, parson's nose, drink, drumstick, thigh, pope's nose, libation, wing, white meat, round of drinks, second joint, medallion, slice, breast, round |
his portion was larger than hers.
portion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | part, percentage, share |
| Type of | assets |
| Has types | way, ration, profit sharing, piece, allotment, allowance, slice, cut, interest, dispensation, dole, allocation, split, stake, tranche |
portion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | part |
| Type of | object, physical object |
| Has types | component, butt, bulb, backbone, seat, section, segment, shank, limb, jetsam, peen, spine, hub, heel, stub, appendage, piece, toe, pressing, fraction, turnout, neck, upstage, cutout, constituent, bottleneck, foible, bit, element, upstairs, waist, forte, foredge, widening, fore edge, wreckage |
portion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | parcel, share |
| Type of | parcelling, parceling, assignation, apportionment, apportioning, allotment, allocation |
portion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, luck |
| Type of | condition |
| Has types | failure, bad luck, tough luck, good fortune, good luck, ill luck, providence, luckiness, misfortune |
success that was her portion.
portion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | component, component part, constituent, part |
| Type of | relation |
| Has types | residuum, balance, base, basis, butt, detail, item, language unit, linguistic unit, member, particular, point, remainder, residual, residue, rest, subpart, substance, unit |
I read a portion of the manuscript.
Examples of portion
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The biggest portion of births in 2009 are to women in their late 20s, as always.
From the washingtontimes.com
Afghanistan remains only one portion of a much larger and more troubling canvas.
From the washingtontimes.com
The sport crab season in the southern portion of the area will run July 15-Sept.
From the thenewstribune.com
A portion of the state high school tournament will be played there through 2012.
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Still, for a good portion of the afternoon, it seemed like that wouldn't matter.
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Aldermen approved the design contract for this portion of the road in July 2004.
From the tennessean.com
Cloud computing services make up a growing portion of that segment, Savvis said.
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That Downtown portion of the Parkway closes when the river levels reach 25 feet.
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It is the latest portion of a 190 point development plan that to be implemented.
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- Assign: give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"
- Part: 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"; "the animal constituent of plankton"
- Part: something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
- Parcel: the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"
- Share: assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"
- Fortune: 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"
- Dowry: money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
- Helping: 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"
- An allocated amount; To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes
