Dictionary

apportion en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /əˈpɔɹʃən/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /əˈpɔːʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle French apportionner, from Old French aporcioner, from Late Latin apportionare, from Latin ad + portio. By surface analysis, ap- + portion.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
   • The controlling party had apportioned the voting districts such that their party would be favored in the next election.
2. (transitive) Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.
   • The children were required to dump all of their Halloween candy on the table so that their parents could apportion it among them.
   • The Good Friday Agreement did not, and could not, apportion blame for the Troubles, in which, as in so many such conflicts, one side’s terrorist is the other’s hero. 2023 April 10, The Editorial Board, “Biden’s Trip to Northern Ireland and the Power of Diplomacy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

Antonyms

consolidate (divide and distribute) · amass (divide and distribute) · reassemble (divide and distribute) · gather (divide and distribute) · concentrate (divide and distribute)

Deriveds

apportioner · apportionable · unapportioned · reapportion · apportionment

Synonyms

dispense (divide and distribute) · share out (divide and distribute) · parcel out (divide and distribute) · allocate (divide and distribute) · allot (divide and distribute)

Translations (34)

ru распределя́ть (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · io partigar (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · pt repartir (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · es repartir (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · hi आवंटन करना (to allocate proportionally) · io dozigar (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · fa تقسیم کردن (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · pt repartir (to allocate proportionally) · ru дели́ть (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · fr répartir (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · fi annostella (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · ru разделя́ть (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · fi tasata (to allocate proportionally) · io distributar (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · es distribuir (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · ro repartiza (to allocate proportionally) · fr partager (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · ro aloca (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · de aufteilen (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · ro distribui (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · mi whakainati (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · la discribō (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · io repartisar (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · fa تسهیم کردن (to allocate proportionally) · io porcionigar (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · mi tūtangatanga (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · de proportional aufteilen (to allocate proportionally) · eo onigi (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · ro repartiza (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · bg разпределям (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · sa भजति (to divide and distribute portions of a whole) · bg разделям (to allocate proportionally) · fi jakaa (to allocate proportionally) · fi jakaa (to divide and distribute portions of a whole)