portion
portion is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole. These are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him! Job xxvi.
- 2.Portions and parcels of the dreadful past. Tennyson.
- 3.A part assigned; allotment; share; fate. The lord of that servant . . . will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. Luke xii.
- 4.Man's portion is to die and rise again. Keble.
- 5.The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance. Give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. Luke xv.
- 6.5. A wife's fortune; a dowry. Shak. -- Portion, Part. Part is generic, having a simple reference to some whole. Portion has the additional idea of such a division as bears reference to an individual, or is allotted to some object; as, a portion of one's time; a portion of Scripture.
- 7.To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute. And portion to his tribes the wide domain. Pope.
- 8.To endow with a portion or inheritance. Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest. Pope.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- administer
- administration
- allocate
- allocation
- allot
- allotment
- allowance
- appoint
- appointment
- apportion
- apportionment
- appropriate
- appropriation
- assign
- assignment
- billet
- carve
- cast
- come
- consignment
- contingent
- deal
- detail
- dispensation
- dispense
- distribute
- distribution
- divide
- dividend
- division
- dole
- dose
- each
- fair
- for
- lot
- measure
- meed
- mess
- mete
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is portion.
- What is a part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole. These are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him! Job xxvi called?
- What is portions and parcels of the dreadful past. Tennyson called?
- What is a part assigned; allotment; share; fate. The lord of that servant . . . will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. Luke xii called?
- What is man's portion is to die and rise again. Keble called?
- What is to separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute. And portion to his tribes the wide domain. Pope called?
- What is to endow with a portion or inheritance. Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest. Pope called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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