1. portion - noun
· 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"; "the animal constituent of plankton"
Synonym(s): part, component_part, component, constituent
Hypernym(s): relation
2. portion - noun
· something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
Synonym(s): part
Hypernym(s): object, physical_object
3. portion - noun
· the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"
Hypernym(s): allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
4. portion - noun
· assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"
Synonym(s): share, part, percentage
Hypernym(s): assets
5. portion - noun
· 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"
Synonym(s): fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances
Hypernym(s): condition
6. portion - noun
· money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
Synonym(s): dowry, dowery, dower
Hypernym(s): gift
7. portion - noun
· 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"
Hypernym(s): small_indefinite_quantity, small_indefinite_amount
8. portion - verb
· give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"
Hypernym(s): distribute, administer, mete_out, deal, parcel_out, lot, dispense, shell_out, deal_out, dish_out, allot, dole_out
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