All portion synonyms
porΒ·tion
P p verb portion
- caliper β Calipers are an instrument consisting of two long, thin pieces of metal joined together at one end, and are used to measure the size of things.
- calibrating β Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.
- cupped β hollowed like a cup; concave
- gradate β to pass by gradual or imperceptible degrees, as one color into another.
- cupping β the process of applying a cupping glass to the skin
- look over β the act of looking: a look of inquiry.
- calipers β Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- gradated β to pass by gradual or imperceptible degrees, as one color into another.
- divide β to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- dooming β fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
- dope out β any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- mete β to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usually followed by out): to mete out punishment.
- dichotomize β to divide or become divided into two parts or classifications
noun portion
- dividers β a person or thing that divides.
- modules β Plural form of module.
- quantum β time slice
- chunk β Chunks of something are thick solid pieces of it.
- moira β Classical Mythology. the personification of fate. Moirai, the Fates.
- integrant β making up or being a part of a whole; constituent.
- leg β either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- deal β If you say that you need or have a great deal of or a good deal of a particular thing, you are emphasizing that you need or have a lot of it.
- length β the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river.
- moirai β Classical Mythology. the personification of fate. Moirai, the Fates.
- longitude β Geography. angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured by the angle contained between the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian, as that of Greenwich, England, and expressed either in degrees or by some corresponding difference in time.
- constituent β A constituent is someone who lives in a particular constituency, especially someone who is able to vote in an election.
- quadrant β a quarter of a circle; an arc of 90Β°.
- year β a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year) Compare common year, leap year.
- extensiveness β The degree or property of being extensive.
- nip β to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
- fifty-fifty β equally good and bad, likely and unlikely, favorable and unfavorable, etc.: a fifty-fifty chance of winning.
- farthing β a former bronze coin of Great Britain, equal to one-fourth of a British penny: withdrawn in 1961.
- member β a person, animal, plant, group, etc., that is part of a society, party, community, taxon, or other body.
- instalment β the act of installing.
- heirship β the position or rights of an heir; right of inheritance; inheritance.
- foreordination β previous ordination or appointment.
- carrel β A carrel is a desk with low walls on three sides, at which a student can work in private, especially in a library.
- clove β Cloves are small dried flower buds used as a spice.
- annuity β An annuity is an investment or insurance policy that pays someone a fixed sum of money each year.
- dowry β Also, dower. the money, goods, or estate that a wife brings to her husband at marriage.
- finger β any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
- bite β If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you.
- lump β a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- quota β the share or proportional part of a total that is required from, or is due or belongs to, a particular district, state, person, group, etc.
- apportionment β the act of apportioning
- boulder β A boulder is a large rounded rock.
- heritage β something that is handed down from the past, as a tradition: a national heritage of honor, pride, and courage.
- allocation β An allocation is an amount of something, especially money, that is given to a particular person or used for a particular purpose.
- element β A part or aspect of something abstract, especially one that is essential or characteristic.
- fraction β Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
adjective portion
- gulper β A deep-sea eel with very large jaws that open to give an enormous gape and with eyes near the tip of the snout.