portion
Portion is part of the Academic Word List. It is important for students in college and university.
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Pronunciation[change]
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Noun[change]
- (countable) A portion is a part of something.
- We need to put more signs up in this portion of the city.
- (countable) A portion is an amount of food for one person.
- Each portion has six meatballs.
Verb[change]
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- (transitive) If you portion something out, you give parts of it to different people.
- They portioned out the water among them.