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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 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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