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portion English

Meaning portion meaning

What does portion mean?
Definitions in simple English

portion Noun

— A portion is a part of something. We need to put more signs up in this portion of the city. — A portion is an amount of food for one person. Each portion has six meatballs.

portion Verb

— If you portion something out, you give parts of it to different people. They portioned out the water among them.

portion

— noun (= part, component, constituent) 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 — noun (= part) something less than the whole of a human artifact the rear part of the house glue the two parts together — noun (= share) the allotment of some amount by dividing something death gets more than its share of attention from theologians — noun (= share) assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group he wanted his share in cash — noun (= helping, serving) 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 (= assign) give out We were assigned new uniforms — noun (= dowry) money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage — noun (= fortune, fate, luck, lot, circumstances) 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

Synonyms portion synonyms

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portion English » English

part share section piece lot division allotment ration quota helping slice serving fragment component parcel allot bit segment fraction distribute constituent component part fate dose allowance instalment dowry dower cut chunk apportion side rate plot percentage partition lump fortune flake end element dowery destiny deal chapter block batch assign volume station

Topics portion topics

What do people use portion to talk about?
Language and thought Communication Language

Word
Daily life Food Food preparation

Serve food
Physical actions Have, be with

Distribute
States

Quantity
States Quantity Whole, complete

Part
States Big

Measure
States

Parts of things

Conjugation portion conjugation

How do you conjugate portion?

portion · verb

Examples portion examples

How do I use portion in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom ate a small portion of fish.
Tom got a small portion of pie.
The Middle East supplies a major portion of the oil that Japan consumes.
A portion of the island was destroyed by the massive waves.
A small portion of ham, please, and a draught beer.
He has not paid his portion of the rent.
I'd like a large portion of rice, please.
Give me my portion.

Movie subtitles

Even if you say the military, it's only a small portion of it.
And there also was the Count de Guiche, his love for Roxane the absorbing portion of his life.
A large portion like this entails great responsibility, but you'll have help.
He named a certain portion of land to be bought by contributions from boys all over America.
If only I could have some small portion of his genius.
This investigation very obviously will continue without Lieutenant Schwegler as he was found in the servant's room in your portion thereof in a very particular spot.
Well, if you insist. just a small portion of everything.
Give them each a double portion with Joshua's compliments.
A double portion of honey for each child this evening. - Yes, Father.
First, a portion of the stained cigarette was examined by spectrograph to determine what properties it contained.
At least a portion of the force was left when they contacted our supply plane.
And you, mademoiselle, may I tempt you with just a slight portion?
Is it so extraordinary that I should want to have some portion of myself survive?
Some portion of your.?
Madam, suppose Phillip's vast resources, or at least a large portion of them. were not to reach him?
It's like that with a missing portion of my psyche anatomy. Whenever it itches, I take a drink.
A portion of it, a small portion.
An hour ago, I sent for another portion but got only the ice cream.
Dole out a scoop of sand for each portion.
My map shows a portion of drain 267 is unfinished with construction postponed for the last 60 days.
Instead, we'll bring you the musical portion of our program.
May I point out that I'm rather sensitive in that portion of my anatomy? - Just hold still a moment.
Portion the breakfast out!
I, too, have had my full portion of unfortunate romance.
Showgirl, kept girl, missing portion, the river.
Yes. I also eat his portion, because he wasn't hungry.
We've recorded Dr. Gaskell's report and here is a portion of it.
A portion of potatoes and sauerkraut!
I want to read a portion of the evidence of Janet McKenzie, the housekeeper.
The southern portion of the Sierra Nevada Range, Wheaten.
Every joy in life must be paid for with a double portion of sorrow.
I've put each portion in a plastic bag, for convenience.
I have a portion of the conversation transcript if you'd like me to read it.
Alas, Martha, in reality it works out that the sacrifice is of a somewhat more private portion of the anatomy.

News and current affairs

And, while a flagging economy may explain a small portion of the drop in US carbon emissions, the EIA emphasizes that the major explanation is natural gas.
On coral reefs, these no-take zones can help insure that a portion of coral reef habitat sustains a healthy fish community, and secure the coral reef resilience that this brings.
There is also the distinction between government spending with high multiplier effects, such as support to lower-income groups with a high propensity to spend, and tax reductions for the rich, a substantial portion of which would likely be saved.
The portion of capital inflows that is not re-exported represents net capital inflows.
To the extent that the AIIB normalizes a portion of Chinese development assistance, and subjects it to scrutiny from the new bank's advanced-country members, the new bank's existence should be all for the better.
The trouble is that many hospitals and doctors rely on drug sales for a large portion of their revenues, which creates a powerful incentive to find ways to circumvent the rules.
To protect itself from the declining greenback, China and other countries are converting a portion of their accumulated dollar reserves into euros.
The ECB will service (as opposed to purchase) a portion of every maturing government bond corresponding to the percentage of the member state's public debt that is allowed by the Maastricht rules.
To the extent that such international councils of power exclude representatives of the Islamic world, a portion of this would-be Muslim counter-elite will seek to challenge the system, finding no shortage of ideologically committed proxies.
University leaders like me spent much of our time persuading them to recycle a portion of their gains to their old schools.
Norway has put forward a proposal to monetize a portion of industrialized countries' emissions budgets, generating revenue for international cooperation.
Nicolas Sarkozy won the French presidential election in May in part because he attracted a substantial portion of the far right's supporters to his conservative banner.
I believe that few wealthy people would refuse to contribute a small portion of their huge wealth for the chance to save the lives of millions of people each year and help the poorest countries get the first foot on the ladder of economic development.
In the EU, European integration is taken for granted by most political parties in the older member states of the Union, but a sizeable portion of these electorates have doubts about it, and in the EU's candidate countries, the doubts run even stronger.
Thirty African governments have ratified the ICC's governing statute, and several of the Court's 18 judges hail from Africa, as does a substantial portion of its staff.
To make up the difference, Americans need to compete effectively for a portion of global demand.
WASHINGTON, DC - US President Barack Obama has laid out a detailed strategy for how his administration plans to combat the Islamic State, which controls a substantial portion of Syria and Iraq.
Thus, an economic policy that tackles America's debt and deficit makes up the main portion of the Strategy.
The portion that falls short needs to be redirected to higher-return investments in either the public or private sector, to household income, or to essential public services and social insurance.
A big portion of these two income streams (corporate and government) needs to be redirected to the household sector.
With a large portion of China's domestic equity market still closed, it is hard to know when the correction's animal spirits have been exhausted.
Isolating and further constraining a portion of the banking system, so that the channels of credit intermediation are less prone to complete and simultaneous breakdown, also seems likely.
In India, a big portion of college dues is paid at the beginning of the year.
A later portion of the war games took place in the Yellow Sea, in international waters very close to China, bluntly demonstrating America's commitment to freedom of the seas in Asia.

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