portion en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpoɹʃən/ (General-American)
- /ˈpɔːʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ˈpoɹʃən/ Scotland, Ireland, other varieties without the horse–hoarse merger
- /ˈpoːɹʃən/ Scotland, Ireland, other varieties without the horse–hoarse merger
- /ˈpoːʃən/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈpoəɹʃən/ Scotland, Ireland, other varieties without the horse–hoarse merger
- /poː(r).ʃən/ (South-Asia) without the horse–hoarse merger
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin portiōder. Old French porcionbor. Middle English porcioun English portion From Middle English porcioun, borrowed from Old French porcion, accusative of Latin portiōnem (“a share, part, portion, relation, proportion”), from portiō, akin to pars (“part”); see part. Compare proportion.
Meanings
- An allocated amount.
- That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
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One's fate; lot.
Man's portion is to die and rise again.
1827, [John Keble], The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the Year, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [B]y W. Baxter, for J. Parker; and C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington, […], →OCLC:"Everywhere the same!" exclaimed Francesca, as she resumed her seat—"the same human misery—the same human portion!...
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 146:The Lord of that ſeruant […] will appoint him his portion with the vnbeleeuers.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 12:46, columns 2–1:
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The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
O! yearning heart! I did inherit Thy withering portion with the fame, The searing glory which hath shone Amid the jewels of my throne, Halo of Hell!
1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:Father, giue me the portion of goods that falleth to me.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 15:12, column 1:
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A wife's fortune; a dowry.
Commend me to her, and to piece her portion / Tender her this.
1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, →OCLC, Act V, scene iv, page 85:I took part of a small house in the Old Jewry; and being advised to alter my condition, I married Mrs. Mary Burton, second daughter to Mr. Edmund Burton, hosier, in Newgate-street, with whom I received four hundred pounds for a portion.
1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| portions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
underportion · multiportion · test portion · subportion · reportion · scrimption · portionist · preportion · handbasket portion · portion control · portionwise · marriage-portion · midportion · outportion · portionless
Relateds
helping · proportion · serving
Synonyms
flake · bit · doom · lot · chip · weird · portion · scrap · piecemeal · steck · ort · slice · kismet · crumb · clip · part · destiny · snead · qadar · portion · piece · mammock · fragment · doom · fate · lump · destin · chunk · crumbling · fortune · cutting · fatality · wyrd · foredoom · fleak · scraplet · snippet · preordination · piece · fortune · chance · orlay · foreordination · tranche · hunk · predestiny · predestination
Translations (122)
ko 일부 (allocated amount) · ar جُزْء (allocated amount) · ro bucată (allocated amount) · be до́ля (one's fate — see also fate) · pdt Deel (nds) (allocated amount) · bg дял (part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir) · ru пай (allocated amount) · nb porsjon (allocated amount) · nl portie (allocated amount) · fi osa (part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir) · sk diel (allocated amount) · tr pay (allocated amount) · bg част (allocated amount) · mk дел (allocated amount) · cmn 一部分 (allocated amount) · sq pjesë (allocated amount) · ml പങ്ക് (allocated amount) · cmn 部分 (allocated amount) · cy porsiwn (allocated amount) · th ส่วน (allocated amount) · grc λάχος (allocated amount) · hy բաժին (allocated amount) · sa भाग (allocated amount) · egy p:z-S:t*Z9-Y1:Z2 (allocated amount) · az pay (allocated amount) · sl del (allocated amount) · bn ভাগ (allocated amount) · mr वाटा (allocated amount) · ru до́ля (part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir) · uk части́на (allocated amount) · de Teil (allocated amount) · bn অংশ (allocated amount) · cs díl (allocated amount) · ca porció (separated part of anything) · egy f:d-q-Z9:D40 (separated part of anything) · hi हिस्सा (allocated amount) · ro cotă-parte (allocated amount) · mr भाग (allocated amount) · fi osuus (allocated amount) · uk по́рція (allocated amount) · pt porção (allocated amount) · my အပိုင်း (allocated amount) · ca porció (allocated amount) · ka ულუფა (allocated amount) · fa بَخش (allocated amount) · la portiō (allocated amount) · vi phần (allocated amount) · hy մաս (allocated amount) · sh ди̏о (allocated amount) · mr तुकडा (allocated amount) · txb ñasso (allocated amount) · fa جُزء (allocated amount) · hu adag (allocated amount) · el μερίδα (allocated amount) · ota حصه (allocated amount) · ro fragment (allocated amount) · fi osa (allocated amount) · uk до́ля (one's fate — see also fate) · sh dȉo (allocated amount) · ka ნაწილი (allocated amount) · ro porție (allocated amount) · ru до́ля (allocated amount) · sa अंश (allocated amount) · nl deel (allocated amount) · fr part (allocated amount) · fi perintöosa (part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir) · da del (allocated amount) · ru до́ля (one's fate — see also fate) · fi osa (one's fate — see also fate) · ko 부분 (allocated amount) · ka პორცია (allocated amount) · ckb بەش (allocated amount) · ja 部分 (allocated amount) · tr hisse (allocated amount) · lo ສ່ວນ (allocated amount) · be ча́стка (allocated amount) · eo parto (allocated amount) · gd cuid (allocated amount) · sk časť (allocated amount) · ga cinniúint (one's fate — see also fate) · sk podiel (allocated amount) · pl porcja (allocated amount) · uk до́ля (allocated amount) · es porción (allocated amount) · cs část (allocated amount) · km ចំណែក (allocated amount) · bn হিস্সা (allocated amount) · got 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (allocated amount) · bg дял (allocated amount) · nb del (allocated amount) · lt dalis (allocated amount) · be до́ля (allocated amount) · lv daļa (allocated amount) · sv portion (allocated amount) · grc μόριον (allocated amount) · ga cuid (allocated amount) · fi annos (allocated amount) · de Portion (allocated amount) · bg парче́ (separated part of anything) · ota قسط (allocated amount) · be по́рцыя (allocated amount) · ro porțiune (allocated amount) · cs podíl (allocated amount) · sv del (allocated amount) · ota اوكون (allocated amount) · bg пай (allocated amount) · txb pāke (allocated amount) · et osa (allocated amount) · fi osa (separated part of anything) · eo porcio (separated part of anything) · bg по́рция (separated part of anything) · sh де̏о (allocated amount) · mi tirikai (allocated amount) · mi taha (allocated amount) · it porzione (allocated amount) · ru по́рция (allocated amount) · ru часть (allocated amount) · bn হিস্যা (allocated amount) · mn хувь (allocated amount) · ka წილი (allocated amount) · fr portion (allocated amount) · sh dȅo (allocated amount)