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apportioned

ap·por·tion
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uh-pawr-shuh n, uh-pohr-]
    • /əˈpɔr ʃən, əˈpoʊr-/
    • /əˈpɔː.ʃən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uh-pawr-shuh n, uh-pohr-]
    • /əˈpɔr ʃən, əˈpoʊr-/

Definitions of apportioned word

  • verb with object apportioned to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men. 1
  • noun apportioned Simple past tense and past participle of apportion. 1

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Origin of apportioned

First appearance:

before 1565
One of the 32% oldest English words
1565-75; < Middle French apportionner, equivalent to ap- ap-1 + portionner to portion

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Parts of speech for Apportioned

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

apportioned popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for apportioned

adjective apportioned

  • fractional — pertaining to fractions; comprising a part or the parts of a unit; constituting a fraction: fractional numbers.
  • parcelled — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
  • separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
  • set apart — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
  • distributed — (in distinctive feature analysis) characterized by relatively extensive contact or constriction between the articulating organs, as the (sh) in show in contrast to the (s) in so.

Antonyms for apportioned

verb apportioned

  • kept — simple past tense and past participle of keep.
  • withheld — to hold back; restrain or check.
  • combined — A combined effort or attack is made by two or more groups of people at the same time.
  • denied — to withhold something from, or refuse to grant a request of: to deny a beggar.
  • held — simple past tense and a past participle of hold1 .

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