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Words related to portion

Related / Similar Words: parcel, share, part, helping, serving, percentage, component part, component, fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, assign, allot

Definition:

the result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans";

something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together";

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";

assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash";

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";

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";

give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms";

Hyponyms: appendage, bulb, butt, stub, component, constituent, element, cutout, foible, forte, fraction, heel, hub, jetsam, limb, peen, piece, pressing, section, segment, shank, waist, toe, turnout, widening, wreckage, drumstick, second joint, thigh, breast, white meat, wing, medallion, oyster, parson's nose, pope's nose, slice, round, round of drinks, drink, libation, tranche, dispensation, dole, way, ration, allowance, split, interest, stake, profit sharing, cut, allotment, allocation, language unit, linguistic unit, item, point, basis, base, detail, particular, unit, member, substance, remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest, subpart, good fortune, good luck, providence, misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck, failure, allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve, allocate, apportion

Part Meronyms: whole, whole thing, unit, meal, repast, net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings, meronymy, part to whole relation

Derivational Morphology: share, divvy up, portion out, apportion, deal, partake, partake in, assign, allot, serve, help, parcel, allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation

Language Translations:
Chinese: 一部分		Dutch: deel
Finnish: annos		French: part
German: Teil		Hungarian: adag
Italian: porzione		Japanese: 部分
Korean: 일부		Portuguese: porção
Russian: доля		Spanish: porción
Swedish: portion

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