Wondering how to hyphenate the English word portion? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.
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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 |
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Something less than the whole of a human artifact The rear part of the house Glue the two parts together |
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The allotment of some amount by dividing something Death gets more than its share of attention from theologians |
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Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group He wanted his share in cash |
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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 |
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Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage |
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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 |
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Give out We were assigned new uniforms |
| noun | part, component part, component, relation |
| noun | part, object, physical object
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| noun | parcel, share, allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation |
| noun | share, part, percentage, assets |
| noun | fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, condition |
| noun | helping, serving, small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
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| verb | assign, allot, distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
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