portion

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Pronunciation

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Noun

Singular portion

Plural portions

1. (countable) A portion is a part of something.

   We need to put more signs up in this portion of the city.

2. (countable) A portion is an amount of food for one person.

   Each portion has six meatballs.

Verb

Plain form portion

Third-person singular portions

Past tense portioned

Past participle portioned

Present participle portioning

1. (transitive) If you portion something out, you give parts of it to different people.

   They portioned out the water among them.

Synonyms

• apportion