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portion
Overview of noun portion
The noun portion has 7 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (33) part, portion, component part, component -- (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")
2. (4) part, portion -- (something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together")
3. (4) parcel, portion, share -- (the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians")
4. (2) share, portion, part, percentage -- (assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash")
5. fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion -- (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")
6. dowry, dowery, dower, portion -- (money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage)
7. helping, portion, 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")
Overview of verb portion
The verb portion has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. assign, allot, portion -- (give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun portion
7 senses of portion
Sense 1
part, portion, component part, component
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
part, portion
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
parcel, portion, share
=> allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
=> distribution
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
share, portion, part, percentage
=> assets
=> possession
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion
=> condition
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
dowry, dowery, dower, portion
=> gift
=> acquisition
=> transferred property, transferred possession
=> possession
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
helping, portion, serving
=> small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
=> indefinite quantity
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun portion
5 of 7 senses of portion
Sense 1
part, portion, component part, component
=> language unit, linguistic unit
=> item, point
=> butt
=> basis, base
=> detail, particular, item
=> unit
=> member
=> substance
=> remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest
=> subpart
Sense 2
part, portion
=> appendage
=> bottleneck
=> bulb
=> butt, stub
=> component, constituent, element
=> cutout
=> foible
=> fore edge, foredge
=> forte
=> fraction
=> heel
=> hub
=> jetsam
=> limb
=> peen
=> piece
=> pressing
=> section, segment
=> shank, waist
=> spine, backbone
=> toe
=> turnout, widening
=> upstage
=> upstairs
=> wreckage
Sense 4
share, portion, part, percentage
=> tranche
=> dispensation
=> dole
=> way
=> ration
=> allowance
=> slice, piece
=> split
=> interest, stake
=> profit sharing
=> cut
=> allotment, allocation
Sense 5
fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion
=> good fortune, luckiness, good luck
=> providence
=> misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck
=> failure
Sense 7
helping, portion, serving
=> drumstick
=> second joint, thigh
=> breast, white meat
=> wing
=> medallion
=> oyster
=> parson's nose, pope's nose
=> piece, slice
=> round, round of drinks
=> drink
=> libation
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun portion
7 senses of portion
Sense 1
part, portion, component part, component
=> relation
Sense 2
part, portion
=> object, physical object
Sense 3
parcel, portion, share
=> allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
Sense 4
share, portion, part, percentage
=> assets
Sense 5
fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion
=> condition
Sense 6
dowry, dowery, dower, portion
=> gift
Sense 7
helping, portion, serving
=> small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
Antonyms of noun portion
Member Holonyms of noun portion
Substance Holonyms of noun portion
Part Holonyms of noun portion
4 of 7 senses of portion
Sense 1
part, portion, component part, component
PART OF: meronymy, part to whole relation
Sense 2
part, portion
PART OF: whole, unit
Sense 4
share, portion, part, percentage
PART OF: net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings
Sense 7
helping, portion, serving
PART OF: meal, repast
Member Meronyms of noun portion
Substance Meronyms of noun portion
Part Meronyms of noun portion
1 of 7 senses of portion
Sense 7
helping, portion, serving
HAS PART: taste, mouthful
Meronyms of noun portion
1 of 7 senses of portion
Sense 7
helping, portion, serving
HAS PART: taste, mouthful
Holonyms of noun portion
4 of 7 senses of portion
Sense 1
part, portion, component part, component
PART OF: meronymy, part to whole relation
Sense 2
part, portion
PART OF: whole, unit
Sense 4
share, portion, part, percentage
PART OF: net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings
Sense 7
helping, portion, serving
PART OF: meal, repast
Attributes of noun portion
Derived Forms of noun portion
1 of 7 senses of portion
Sense 3
parcel, portion, share
RELATED TO>(verb) portion#1
=> assign, allot, portion
Domain of noun portion
Domain Terms of noun portion
Familiarity of noun portion
portion used as a noun is common (polysemy count =7)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun portion
7 senses of portion
Sense 1
part, portion, component part, component
> relation
=> possession
=> social relation
=> position, spatial relation
=> ownership
=> causality
=> relationship, human relationship
=> function
=> association
=> logical relation
=> mathematical relation
=> foundation
=> connection, connexion, connectedness
=> unconnectedness
=> linguistic relation
=> part, portion, component part, component
=> affinity, kinship
=> kinship, family relationship, relationship
=> magnitude relation, quantitative relation
=> control
=> business relation
=> reciprocality, reciprocity
=> interrelation, interrelationship, interrelatedness
=> temporal relation
=> comparison
=> opposition, oppositeness
=> change
Sense 2
part, portion
> object, physical object
=> whole, unit
=> living thing, animate thing
=> location
=> charm, good luck charm
=> curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity
=> draw, lot
=> film
=> hoodoo
=> je ne sais quoi
=> keepsake, souvenir, token, relic
=> makeweight, filler
=> part, portion
=> property, prop
=> snake
=> stuff
=> triviality, trivia, trifle, small beer
=> paring
=> catch
=> commemorative
=> discard
=> finding
=> floater
=> fomite, vehicle
=> geological formation, formation
=> growth
=> head
=> ice
=> land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma
=> land, ground, soil
=> moon
=> neighbor, neighbour
=> remains
=> ribbon, thread
=> shiner
=> vagabond
=> wall
=> web
Sense 3
parcel, portion, share
> allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
=> grant, subsidization, subsidisation
=> reallotment, reapportionment, reallocation
=> deal
=> rationing
=> parcel, portion, share
Sense 4
share, portion, part, percentage
> assets
=> share, portion, part, percentage
=> tax base
=> receivables
=> crown jewel
=> deep pocket
=> reserve assets
=> sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money
=> resource
=> intangible, intangible asset
=> liquid assets, current assets, quick assets
=> investment, investment funds
=> equity
=> security, protection
=> material resource
=> capital
=> capital, working capital
=> funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource
=> hole card
=> credit
=> overage
=> accounts receivable
Sense 5
fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion
> condition
=> stratification, social stratification
=> ordinary
=> invagination, introversion
=> roots
=> lysogeny, lysogenicity
=> fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion
=> amphidiploidy
=> diploidy
=> haploidy
=> heteroploidy
=> polyploidy
=> mosaicism
=> orphanage, orphanhood
=> stigmatism
=> transsexualism
Sense 6
dowry, dowery, dower, portion
> gift
=> bequest, legacy
=> devise
=> free lunch
=> dowry, dowery, dower, portion
=> bride price
=> largess, largesse
=> aid, economic aid
=> prize, award
=> present
=> contribution, donation
=> enrichment
=> lagniappe
=> bestowal, bestowment
=> freebie, freebee
=> giveaway
=> gift horse
Sense 7
helping, portion, serving
> small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
=> helping, portion, serving
=> taste, mouthful
=> crumb
=> dab, splash, splatter
=> spot, bit
=> few
=> hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair, whisker
=> modicum
=> scattering, sprinkling
=> shoestring, shoe string
=> spray, spraying
=> nose
=> step, stone's throw
=> little
=> shtik, shtick, schtik, schtick
=> tad, shade
=> minimum, lower limit
=> morsel
=> handful, smattering
=> couple
=> drop, drib, driblet
=> dollop
=> dreg
=> jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit
=> nip, shot
=> trace, hint, suggestion
=> shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge
=> tot
=> touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon
Meronyms of noun portion
7 senses of portion
Sense 7
helping, portion, serving
HAS PART: taste, mouthful
Holonyms of noun portion
4 of 7 senses of portion
Sense 1
part, portion, component part, component
PART OF: meronymy, part to whole relation
Sense 2
part, portion
PART OF: whole, unit
Sense 4
share, portion, part, percentage
PART OF: net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings
Sense 7
helping, portion, serving
PART OF: meal, repast
Grep of noun portion
case-fatality proportion
case-to-infection proportion
disproportion
law of constant proportion
portion
proportion
Antonyms of verb portion
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb portion
1 sense of portion
Sense 1
assign, allot, portion
=> distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
=> give
=> transfer
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb portion
1 sense of portion
Sense 1
assign, allot, portion
=> allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve
=> allocate, apportion
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb portion
1 sense of portion
Sense 1
assign, allot, portion
=> distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
'Cause To' of verb portion
Derived Forms of verb portion
1 sense of portion
Sense 1
assign, allot, portion
RELATED TO>(noun) portion#3
=> parcel, portion, share
Domain of verb portion
Domain Terms of verb portion
Familiarity of verb portion
portion used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb portion
1 sense of portion
Sense 1
assign, allot, portion
*> Somebody ----s somebody something
*> Somebody ----s something to somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb portion
1 sense of portion
Sense 1
assign, allot, portion
> distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
=> assign, allot, portion
=> reallot
=> deal
=> give, apply
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb portion
Sense 1
assign, allot, portion
=> distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
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Grep of verb portion
apportion
portion
portion out
proportion
reapportion
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