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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb portion 1 sense of portion Sense 1 assign, allot, portion => allow appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve => allocate, apportion Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb portion 1 sense of portion Sense 1 assign, allot, portion => allow appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve => allocate, apportion => reapportion, reallocate => ration, ration out => award, present => certificate => confer, bestow => miter => bless => graduate => award, grant => pension, pension off Entailment of verb portion Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by 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 Familiarity of verb portion portion used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1) 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 -------------- Grep of noun portions law of definite proportions law of equivalent proportions law of multiple proportions law of reciprocal proportions Grep of noun portion disproportion law of constant proportion portion proportion Overview of noun portion The noun portion has 6 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 result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans") 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. helping, portion, serving -- (an individual portion of food or drink: "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 "We were assigned new uniforms") Overview of noun portion The noun portion has 6 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 result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans") 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. helping, portion, serving -- (an individual portion of food or drink: "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 "We were assigned new uniforms")
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