portion
Noun 1. A part or share of a whole: An amount of something that is part of a larger total or is allotted to someone. 2. A serving of food: An individual amount of food served to one person, especially as part of a meal. 3. A dowry: Property or money brought by a bride to her husband at marriage (archaic or formal). 4. Fate or lot: One's destiny or the circumstances of one's life (formal or literary).
Verb * To divide and distribute something in shares; to allot.
Noun * He donated a portion of his salary to charity. * She only ate a small portion of the cake. * In the 19th century, a woman's portion was crucial for marriage. * He accepted his portion in life with quiet dignity.
Verb * The land was portioned out among the heirs. * The teacher portioned the tasks to the students.
- A portion of: Used to indicate an indefinite part of a whole.
- A significant portion of the audience agreed with the speaker.
- To portion out: To divide something into parts for distribution.
- The aid workers portioned out the remaining supplies.
- Portionless (adj): Having no dowry or inheritance.
- Apportion (verb): To divide and assign proportionally.
- Part, segment, fraction, piece (for a part of a whole).
- Serving, helping (for food).
- Share, allotment, allocation (for a distributed part).
- Fate, destiny, lot (for one's circumstances).
- Portion out: To distribute something in shares or amounts.
- Please portion out the snacks for the children.
- One's (fair) portion/share: The amount that is deserved or appropriate for one person.
- He has certainly had his portion of bad luck this year.
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an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
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the helpings were all small
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his portion was larger than hers
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there's enough for two servings each
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money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
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your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
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whatever my fortune may be
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deserved a better fate
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has a happy lot
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the luck of the Irish
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a victim of circumstances
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success that was her portion
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assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
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he wanted his share in cash
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the allotment of some amount by dividing something
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death gets more than its share of attention from theologians
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something less than the whole of a human artifact
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the rear part of the house
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glue the two parts together
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something determined in relation to something that includes it
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he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself
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I read a portion of the manuscript
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the smaller component is hard to reach
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the animal constituent of plankton
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give out
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We were assigned new uniforms
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