portion

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. An allocated amount.
2. That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
3. One's fate; lot.
4. The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
5. A wife's fortune; a dowry.

Verb

1. (transitive) To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
2. (transitive) To endow with a portion or inheritance.

Sinonieme

part

share

section

piece

lot

division

allotment

ration

quota

helping

slice

serving

fragment

component

allot

parcel

bit

component part

fraction

constituent

distribute

segment

fate

dose

allowance

apportion

cut

dower

instalment

dowry

chunk

partition

chapter

percentage

%

dowery

lump

destiny

side

fortune

block

flake

end

🔚

element

deal

rate

assign

batch

plot

passage

paragraph

Vertalings

portion

part

partie

porzione

Teil

porción

parte

parte

Anteil

porção

deel

Portion

μερίδα

razione

morceau

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈpɔɹʃən/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: porcioun

In summary

From Middle English porcioun, borrowed from Old French porcion, from Latin portio (“a share, part, portion, relation, proportion”), akin to pars (“part”); see part. Compare proportion.

Sinne

A large portion of the cylinder had been uncovered .