portion

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English - English

Definition of portion in English English dictionary: An allocated amount; To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes; {n} a part, a fortune; {v} to divide, to endow; A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole; the result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans"; A portion of something is a part of it. Damage was confined to a small portion of the castle I have spent a fairly considerable portion of my life here I had learnt a portion of the Koran = part; assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"; {i} part, piece; serving of food; allotment, allocation; dowry; give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms"; Someones allocated amount; The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance; A part assigned; allotment; share; fate; A portion is the amount of food that is given to one person at a meal. Desserts can be substituted by a portion of fresh fruit The portions were generous. portion out to divide something into parts and give it to several people portion something⇔out among; To endow with a portion or inheritance; A wife's fortune; a dowry; That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything; something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"; 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"; 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"; To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute; 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"; {f} divide into parts, partition; allocate, allot, ration; allotment
portion control: A method of moderating one's diet by determining the number of calories in each serving of food, and limiting consumption to a fall below a predetermined number
portion out: To distribute something in portions or shares; to apportion or allot
portion of the Jewish law: section of the Torah, instructional unit of the Jewish law
portion out: give out as one's portion or share
test portion: A measured amount (volume) of a test sample being used in a test
Torah portion: weekly reading of a section of the Torah
Torah portion of sacrifices: section of the Torah dealing with the laws and procedure of sacrifice
extra large portion: extremely large portion
good portion: goodly amount
large portion: large part, great amount
marriage portion: dowry, bride-price
portioned: {s} divided into parts, partitioned; allocated, allotted, rationed
portions: Plural form of portion
single portion: {i} food portion intended for one person

portion

Hyphenation

por·tion

Turkish pronunciation

pôrşın

Synonyms

allocation, allotment, allowance, apportionment, bang, bit, chunk, division, divvy, drag, dram, excerpt, extract, fix, fraction

Antonyms

all, entirety, whole, collect, combine, gather, join

Pronunciation

/ˈpôrsʜən/ /ˈpɔːrʃən/

Etymology

() From Middle English porcioun Old French porcion Latin portio (“a share, part, portion, relation, proportion”), akin to pars (“part”); see part. Compare proportion.