American English pronunciation
How to pronounce portions
IPA transcription: ['pɔɹʃənz]
Pronunciation variants: ['pɔɹʃənz]['pɚʃənz]
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Noun
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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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assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
“he wanted his share in cash”
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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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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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the allotment of some amount by dividing something
“death gets more than its share of attention from theologians”
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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”
Verb
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give out
“We were assigned new uniforms”
Usage examples
- Portions of the township are served by Forest Hills Public Schools.
- The proportions were all wrong.
- Both seats represent portions of Orange County.
- Enraged, Ursula uses the trident to expand into monstrous proportions.
- However, the proportions of the components of a panzer division changed over time.
- The Seashore Lines is actively exploring solutions to remediate this situation of ruinous proportions.
- Portions of these trails are open to cross-country skiers in the winter.
- Tones signify colors mixed with varying proportions of white or black.
- Large portions of the community were imprisoned in the Soviet labor camp system.
- The proportions were all wrong.