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preportion en · VERB

Etymology

From pre- + portion.

Meanings

  1. To divide into individual portions before use.
    • Take the time to review the menu and identify items that can be preportioned. 2005, Restaurant Startup & Growth, page 64:
    • In the second and fourth weeks, trained servers preportioned kindergarteners' plates with 4 nuggets. 2013, Issues in Teaching and Education Policy, Research, and Special Topics, →ISBN:
    • I just wasn't sure if I wanted to devote part of my weekend to chopping veggies, cooking and dicing chicken breasts, and preportioning everything when I wasn't even cooking a meal. 2016, Brooke Griffin, Skinny Suppers: 125 Lightened-Up, Healthier Meals for Your Family, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
preportioning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
preportioned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
preportioned Tense=Past lexicographic
preportions Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic