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Definition of portion of in English English dictionary
portion: An allocated amount
portion: To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes
portion: allotment
portion: {n} a part, a fortune
portion: {v} to divide, to endow
portion: A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole
portion: the result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans"
portion: 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
portion: assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"
portion: {i} part, piece; serving of food; allotment, allocation; dowry
portion: give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms"
portion: Someones allocated amount
portion: 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
portion: A part assigned; allotment; share; fate
portion: 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
portion: To endow with a portion or inheritance
portion: A wife's fortune; a dowry
portion: That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything
portion: something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
portion: 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"
portion: 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"
portion: To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute
portion: 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"
portion: {f} divide into parts, partition; allocate, allot, ration