Definitions for portion

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portion por·tion

Spelling: [pawr-shuh n, pohr-]

IPA: /ˈpɔr ʃən, ˈpoʊr-/

Portion is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 157 anagrams from letters in portion (inooprt).

Definitions for portion

noun

1. a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:
2. an amount of food served for one person; serving; helping:
3. the part of a whole allotted to or belonging to a person or group; share.
4. the part of an estate that goes to an heir or a next of kin.
5. Literary. something that is allotted to a person by God or fate.
6. (especially formerly) the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband at marriage; dowry.

verb (used with object)

1. to divide into or distribute in portions or shares (often followed by out).
2. to furnish with a portion, as with an inheritance or a dowry:
3. to provide with a lot or fate:

Origin of portion

1250-1300; Middle English porcion Old French Latin portiōn- (stem of portiō) share, part, akin to pars part

Examples for portion

The hymn, the portion of Scripture, and the prayer of Brother Buster.

It would be a solecism in language to say that any portion of these is not included in the whole.

In 2000, the Israeli government simply closed the portion of downtown Hebron under its control.

It is only right that I should employ a portion in His service.

But they can win back a portion of it, and in many states and congressional districts, a portion will be enough to change things.

The scenery in this portion of the river is highly exciting.

A portion of ticket proceeds will go to the Foundation for Education of Young Women.

It has been our good luck to recover a portion of that history.

“They know how to take supplements, they know how to portion out their meals,” Smith said.

Counting encores, NBC estimated that over 44 million people had watched some portion of the production by the end of the month.