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Another word for portion

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Noun

  1. One of the parts into which something is divided

    See also:

    part

  2. A part severed from a whole

    See also:

    part

  3. That which is allotted

    See also:

    collect

  4. An individual quantity of food

    See also:

    ingestion

  5. A right or legal share in something

    See also:

    part

  6. That which is inevitably destined

    See also:

    certain

Verb

  1. To give out in portions or shares.

    See also:

    collect

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Another word for portion

Noun

  1. A division

    See also:

    part

    share

    part

    helping

    division

  2. Fate

    See also:

    fate

    fate

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Sentence Examples

  • 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.

  • Jenn squatted to find the servants' portion of the records.

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