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How to pronounce portion in English?

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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.
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
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
Type Words
Synonyms parcel, share
Type of parcelling, parceling, assignation, apportionment, apportioning, allotment, allocation
Type Words
Synonyms dower, dowery, dowry
Type of gift
Type Words
Synonyms allot, assign
Type of allot, parcel out, mete out, deal, lot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, shell out, dole out, administer
Has types allow, apportion, appropriate, earmark, reserve, allocate, set aside
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.
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.
From the post-gazette.com
It is the latest portion of a 190 point development plan that to be implemented.
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More examples
  • 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