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portion

n.

A division
share, piece, part, serving; see division 2, helping, part 1, share. See syn. study at part.
Fate
fate, destiny, lot; see fate. See syn. study at fate.

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Another word for portion

noun

One of the parts into which something is divided:
division, member, part, piece, section, segment, subdivision. See part
A part severed from a whole:
cut, piece, section, segment, slice. See part
That which is allotted:
allocation, allotment, allowance, dole, lot, measure, part, quantum, quota, ration, share, split. (Informal) cut. (Slang) divvy. See collect
An individual quantity of food:
helping, mess, serving. See ingestion
A right or legal share in something:
claim, interest, stake, title. See part
That which is inevitably destined:
destiny, fate, fortune, kismet, lot, predestination. See certain

verb

To give out in portions or shares.

Also used with out: deal (out), dispense, distribute, divide, dole out, parcel out, ration (out), share. (Slang) divvy. See collect

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I have noticed that a portion of Walden which in the state of water was green will often, when frozen, appear from the same point of view blue.
Another portion he gave to an old servant who waited upon his grandfather.
So he gave one portion to the king's officer who had taught him to ride.
The lower districts are hot and often unhealthy in the summer, while the climate of the mountainous portion of the island is less oppressive, and would be still cooler if it possessed more forest.
Constructed in 830 a fortified enceinte, called Gregoriopolis, in the eastern portion of the ancient city, and the Saracens were signally defeated here under Leo IV.

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