Dictionary of English language
ABC-Word.com
We will find the definition for any word
We can help you solve a crossword puzzle

Defenition of the word portion

    • Defenition of the word portion

      • An allocated amount.
      • Something determined in relation to something that includes it.
      • To assign to someone as his or her lot.
      • A predetermined amount of a food given to a person.
      • give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"
      • your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you): "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
      • an individual portion of food or drink: "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each"
      • the result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans"
      • something less than the whole of a human artifact: "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
      • something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"
      • an asset belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"
      • something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
      • an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there''s enough for two servings each"
      • assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"
      • your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
      • give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms"
      • the allotment of some amount by dividing something
      • something less than the whole of a human artifact
      • an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
      • money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
      • assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
      • something determined in relation to something that includes it
      • your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
      • give out

    Synonyms for the word portion

      • allot
      • assign
      • circumstances
      • component
      • component part
      • destiny
      • fate
      • fortune
      • helping
      • lot
      • luck
      • parcel
      • part
      • percentage
      • serving
      • share

    Meronymys for the word portion

      • earnings
      • lucre
      • meal
      • meronymy
      • mouthful
      • net
      • net income
      • net profit
      • part to whole relation
      • profit
      • profits
      • repast
      • taste
      • unit
      • whole
      • whole thing

    Hyponyms for the word portion

      • allocate
      • allocation
      • allotment
      • allow
      • allowance
      • appendage
      • apportion
      • appropriate
      • backbone
      • bad luck
      • balance
      • base
      • basis
      • bit
      • bottleneck
      • breast
      • bulb
      • butt
      • component
      • constituent
      • cut
      • cutout
      • detail
      • dispensation
      • dole
      • drink
      • drumstick
      • earmark
      • element
      • failure
      • foible
      • fore edge
      • foredge
      • forte
      • fraction
      • good fortune
      • good luck
      • heel
      • hub
      • ill luck
      • interest
      • item
      • jetsam
      • language unit
      • libation
      • limb
      • linguistic unit
      • luckiness
      • medallion
      • member
      • misfortune
      • neck
      • oyster
      • parson's nose
      • particular
      • peen
      • piece
      • point
      • pope's nose
      • pressing
      • profit sharing
      • providence
      • ration
      • remainder
      • reserve
      • residual
      • residue
      • residuum
      • rest
      • round
      • round of drinks
      • seat
      • second joint
      • section
      • segment
      • set aside
      • shank
      • slice
      • spine
      • split
      • stake
      • stub
      • subpart
      • substance
      • thigh
      • toe
      • tough luck
      • tranche
      • turnout
      • unit
      • upstage
      • upstairs
      • waist
      • way
      • white meat
      • widening
      • wing
      • wreckage

    Hypernyms for the word portion

      • administer
      • allocation
      • allot
      • allotment
      • apportioning
      • apportionment
      • asset
      • assets
      • assignation
      • condition
      • deal
      • deal out
      • dish out
      • dispense
      • distribute
      • dole out
      • gift
      • lot
      • mete out
      • object
      • parcel out
      • parceling
      • parcelling
      • physical object
      • relation
      • shell out
      • small indefinite amount
      • small indefinite quantity
      • status

    See other words