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Definition: Portion |
PortionNoun1. 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". 2. Something less than the whole of a human artifact: "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together". 3. The result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans". 4. Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash". 5. 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". 6. 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". Verb1. Give out; "We were assigned new uniforms". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "portion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Tips from 1870 | Usage: Portion, Part. "Give me the portion of goods that falleth to me." "We traveled a part of the distance on foot." Portion is applied to that which is set aside for a special purpose, often as the share or allotment of an individual, as the wife's portion, the portion of the oldest son, etc. Part is a more general term. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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Synonyms: PortionSynonyms: circumstances (n), component (n), component part (n), destiny (n), fate (n), fortune (n), helping (n), lot (n), luck (n), parcel (n), part (n), percentage (n), serving (n), share (n), allot (v), assign (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Apportionment | Verb: apportion, divide; distribute, administer, dispense; billet, allot, detail, cast, share, mete; portion out, parcel out, dole out; deal, carve. |
Dividend, portion, contingent, share, allotment, fair share, allocation, lot, measure, dose; dole, meed, pittance; quantum, ration; ratio, proportion, quota, modicum, mess, allowance; suerte. | |
Part | Noun: part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any; division, ward; subdivision, section; chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse; article, passage; sector, segment; fraction, fragment; cantle, frustum; detachment, parcel. |
Size | Largest portion; full size, life size. |
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Crosswords: Portion |
| English words defined with "portion": portion out. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "portion": cranked portion of a shaft ♦ Devil's Daughter's Portion ♦ HAND BASKET PORTION ♦ Jezreel, Portion of ♦ ROCHESTER PORTION ♦ TETBURY PORTION. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "portion": Tributer. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Portion" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (share), French (helping, part, piece, portion, serving, share, share list, slice), German (amount, helping, Pat, portion, serving, share), Swedish (amount of, helping, portion, ration, share, whack). |
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Screenplays | But I'll take a tiny portion, just to be polite, and I'll have mine with cheese, please (Female Trouble; writing credit: John Waters) That concludes the portion of the tour where you stay alive (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) And a portion of your liver (High Society; writing credit: Lisa Albert; Pat Dougherty) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Portion d'éternité (1988) | |
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 | (1) (4x5) black and white negative (original), (1) (8x10) black and white negative, (9) (8x71/2) black and white prints. Shows illustration of nude woman indicating tumors and portion of breast to be removed as result of modified radical mastectomy. See artwork: BC-08b. Credit: Donald Gates (artist). |  | (1) original (4x5) black and white negative, (1) (4x5) black and white negative, (8x71/2) black and white prints. Shows illustraiton of nude woman indicating lump on right breast and portion around lump of breast to be removed in a partial mastectomy. See artwork: BC-08b. Credit: Donal Gates (artist). |
 | Slide shows unblocked anterior portion of the digestive track of X. cheopis. A blocked flea is unable to ingest its blood meal because a mass of bacteria is preventing passage of blood from the esophagus to the stomach. Credit: CDC. |  | Note the ocular seta in front of the eye, a V-shaped ridge on the mesopleuron, and a spermatheca which has a round unpigmented basal portion. Credit: CDC. |
 | This Hubble telescope image of a portion of a vast dust disk around the star Beta Pictoris ... Credit: NASA. |  | The image on the right is a portion of the first image returned by the Wide Field Planetary ... Credit: NASA. |
 | Portion of Galileo Uruk Sulcus image overlayed on a global image of Ganymede from Voyager .(Released 07/29/96). Credit: NASA. |  | The MacDonnell Ranges are a band of mountains spanning Australia's arid interior. Only a portion of the Ranges can be seen in this image. Credit: NASA. |
 | The Mayn River, seen here with what is thought to be a portion of the Anadyr River, flows through the far northeastern corner of Siberia. Credit: NASA. |  | 3-D image NOAA Exclusive Economic Zone Mapping Project Mitchell Basin image showing small portion of Sigsbee Escarpment Image is 30 nautical miles by approximately 50 nautical miles. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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| "Gargoyle & ivy" by Tara Lyn Commentary: "This is on a wall right next to my office building. The walll belongs to a portion of a stable from the 1880's that is now covered with ivy. I would love to know how you use the image." | "Power" by Earl Estrera Commentary: "The cross has always been a powerful symbol. In this case, the cross has been taken from a portion of a power line with all the cables tied on to it." |
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 | A solo tenor saxophone playing a portion of the U.S.'s national anthem. | | A mandolin playing a portion of "The Well-Tempered Clavier" by Bach. |
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Abraham Lincoln | The only gift is a portion of thyself. |
Benjamin Franklin | Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion. |
Desiderius Erasmus | A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie. |
George Washington | 'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Rings and jewels are not gifts but apologies for gifts. The only true gift is a portion of thyself. |
Thomas Hood | A certain portion of the human race has certainly a taste for being diddled. |
William Blake | When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head! |
William Wordsworth | That best portion of a good man's life; His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. |
| The best portion of a good man's life is in his little nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. | |
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Magna Carta | 1215 | A widow, after the death of her husband, shall forthwith and without difficulty have her marriage portion and inheritance; nor shall she give anything for her dower, or for her marriage portion, or for the inheritance which her husband and she held on the day of the death of that husband; and she may remain in the house of her husband for forty days after his death, within which time her dower shall be assigned to her. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | This left no room for controversy about the title, nor for encroachment on the right of others; what portion a man carved to himself, was easily seen; and it was useless, as well as dishonest, to carve himself too much, or take more than he needed. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-2002 | In addition, a portion of the 12th amendment was superseded by section 3. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | Just as, therefore, at an earlier period, a section of the nobility went over to the bourgeoisie, so now a portion of the bourgeoisie goes over to the proletariat, and in particular, a portion of the bourgeois ideologists, who have raised themselves to the level of comprehending theoretically the historical movement as a whole. (reference) |
Abraham Lincoln | 1863 | We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. (The Gettysburg Address) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Local Clearing Offices may be established for any particular portion of the territories of the High Contracting Parties. (reference) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | She went on herself, to give that portion of time to an old servant who was married, and settled in Donwell |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | The upper portion of the garment was contracted for an instant in its folds, as if the Spirit had inclined its head |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | These emotions, in fact, and its bitterest scorn besides, seemed to be the sole portion that she retained in the universal heart |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion of the elect |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Have put animals to their best use, for they are all beasts of burden, in a sense, made to carry some portion of our thoughts |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Adult Hymenolepis nana reside in the ileal portion of the small intestine. (references) | |
More than 27,000 of these women are taking part in the hormone portion of this study. (references) | ||
Another method for amplifying the nucleic acid portion of rabies virus uses biochemical methods. (references) | ||
Business | A good portion of this equipment is of American origin. (references) | |
The U.S. portion of this was projected to be USD 600 million. (references) | ||
Experts estimate that this portion could double in three years. (references) | ||
Children | Botswana | The Government continued to allocate the largest portion of its operating expenditures to the Ministry of Education, and the second-largest portion to the Ministry of Local Government, Lands, and Housing, which administered primary education. (references) |
Moldova | The health system devotes a large portion of its limited resources to childcare, but childcare professionals consider it to be inadequate. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Egypt | In 1997 the Supreme Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional Article 195 of the Penal Code under which an editor in chief could have been considered criminally responsible for libel contained in any portion of the newspaper. (references) |
Economic History | Kazakhstan | The recent discovery of the potentially huge Kashagan oil field under Kazakhstan's portion of the Caspian seabed has created an expectation that Kazakhstan will become a major oil exporter in the medium term. (references) |
Latvia | The Latvian banking system successfully recovered from the 1995 banking crisis that wiped out a substantial portion of Latvia's GDP. The system was shaken again in the fall of 1998, when the Russian government defaulted on its debt payments. (references) | |
Albania | A new highway links Tirana with its port of Durres, reducing travel time between the two cities to 20 minutes from 45. The GOA reports that it has financing to complete the road portion of Corridor VIII which will link the ports of Durres and Vlora with Macedonia. (references) | |
Human Rights | Bosnia and Herzegovina | The Bijelina police did not send a criminal report to the public prosecutor, and a Bijelina Police Disciplinary Commission failed to recognize criminal responsibility; instead the Commission found the two officers guilty of violation of duty for failing to notify their supervisor of using force, and fined them a portion of their salaries over 6 months. (references) |
Nigeria | Freelance security forces and former security forces accounted for a significant portion of the violent crime during the year. (references) | |
Lesotho | Pretrial detainees were a significant portion of the prison population. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Suriname | The meeting resulted in a promise of quarterly meetings to monitor the implementation of the native land rights portion of the 1992 peace accords; however, at year's end neither the quarterly meetings nor the implementation had occurred. (references) |
Indonesia | Land disputes represent the largest category of complaints submitted to the National Human Rights Commission and a significant portion of the cases brought to legal aid foundations and other assistance organizations. (references) | |
Minorities | Lithuania | In the first half of the year, 252 persons took the language portion of the citizenship test, and 221 persons passed. (references) |
Political Economy | Mozambique | Flooding caused by heavy rains in February and March severely damaged crops, livestock, and rural infrastructure in the north-central portion of the country. (references) |
BULGARIA | As in other countries aspiring to membership in the European Union, Bulgaria's 1998 Radio and Television Law requires a "predominant portion" of certain programming to be drawn from European-produced works and sets quotas for Bulgarian works within that portion. (references) | |
Maldives | The President's power to appoint a significant portion of the Parliament constrains citizens' ability to change their government. (references) | |
Political Rights | Afghanistan | Another faction of the Hezb-i-Wahdat nominally allied itself with the Taliban early in 1999. Northern Alliance forces controlled the northeastern, largely Tajik, portion of the country, including the strategic Panjshir valley north of Kabul, until the events late in the year. (references) |
Trade | Cape Verde | The portion of the share capital reserved for the private sector has not been raised. (references) |
Peru | Such licenses cover an extremely small portion of total Peruvian exports -- less than 1%. (references) | |
Travel | Bangladesh | While government offices and banks have a two-day weekend (Friday and Saturday), a large portion of the private business sector remains open on Saturday. (references) |
Bahrain | Visiting business professionals should be prepared to spend a portion of any business call socializing and getting to know their counterparts. (references) | |
Qatar | A very large portion of Qatar's imports is now brought in overland by trucks with increasing amounts coming from container facilities at the ports of Dubai and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.). (references) | |
Women | Ghana | The tribunal ruled that the woman had to compensate the teacher with a portion of rum, a pot of palm wine, and $6 (2,000 cedis). (references) |
Malta | The Constitution provides that all citizens have access, on a nondiscriminatory basis, to housing, employment, and education; however, while women constitute a growing portion of the work force, they are underrepresented in management. (references) | |
Lebanon | Most experts agree that the problem affects a significant portion of the female population. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Indonesia | Union officials at SPSI headquarters stated that not all local branches of the unions send a portion of dues collected to regional and central headquarters, as provided in the SPSI's bylaws. (references) |
Singapore | In 1999 in response to the economic downturn, the Government adopted an NWC proposal in which, subject to negotiation in each enterprise, up to 10 percent of salaries would be considered "variable" each month, allowing companies to eliminate that portion of pay if financial problems necessitated it. There are no export processing zones. (references) | |
Kazakhstan | In May a group of 13 workers at the Sokolov-Sarbay factory in Kostanai Oblast participated in hunger strikes to protest the plant's decision to lay off a portion of the facility's workers. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | BARRACK, n. A house in which soldiers enjoy a portion of that of which it is their business to deprive others. |
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David Berkowitz | Well, because I work and go to chapel and so forth, I can spend a good portion of my day outside of the cell. |
Rush Limbaugh | We even make beer companies run a portion of their advertising which is oriented toward convincing people not to by their product, much like we tell the tobacco companies to do. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Here every portion of our country finds the most commanding motives for carefully guarding and preserving the union of the whole. |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | If they have exhibited an uncommon portion of calamity, it is the province of humanity to deplore and of wisdom to avoid the causes which may have produced it. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | On the restoration of peace in Europe that portion of the general carrying trade which had fallen to our share during the war was abridged by the returning competition of the belligerent powers. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | With a portion of them the correspondence of our commanders on the eastern aspect of the South American coast and among the islands of Greece discover how far we have been involved. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | This portion of the community have neither time nor opportunity to watch the ebbs and flows of the money market. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | Common honesty and good faith with the people who support a party at the polls require that party, when it enters office, to assume the control of that portion of the Government to which it has been elected. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | To achieve this end, the United States will continue to spend a greater portion of its national production than any other people in the free world. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Lately, Federal spending has taken a steadily increasing portion of what Americans produce. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Now, some insist that any further budget savings must be obtained by reducing the portion spent on defense. |
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| "Portion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Portion" is used about 1,110 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 1,110 | 6,829 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "portion". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Helek | N/A | Biblical | Portion |
| Hilkiah | N/A | Biblical | God is my portion |
| Pasdammin | N/A | Biblical | Portion or diminishing of blood |
| Shechem | N/A | Biblical | Portion |
| Sichem | N/A | Biblical | Portion |
| Zebadiah | N/A | Biblical | The Lord is my portion |
| Zebadiah | N/A | Biblical | Portion of the Lord |
| Zebedee | N/A | Biblical | Portion of the Lord |
| Zebedee | N/A | Biblical | The Lord is my portion |
| Zebedee | N/A | Biblical | Portion |
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Expressions using "portion": aerial portion ♦ cranked portion of a shaft ♦ double portion ♦ epigeal portion ♦ extra large portion ♦ marriage portion ♦ one's portion ♦ portion of a piece ♦ portion of the inheritance ♦ portion out ♦ prorata portion ♦ puffed portion ♦ raised portion ♦ small portion ♦ to ignore a loop portion ♦ to skip a loop portion ♦ unthreaded portion. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "portion": portion-sized. | |
Ending with "portion": blanking-portion, four-portion, multi-portion, single-portion, two-portion. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "portion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | prikë (Dot, dower, dowry, Tocher), porcion (allowance, batch, dollop, dose, helping, ration), pjesëtoj (dispart, distribute, divide), pjesë (allotment, block, Cantel, Cantle, component, contingent, deal, divvy, helping, interest, kit, leg, length, limb, line, lot, part, partition, patch, piece, proportion, quantum, quota, quotient, rate, scrap, section, segment, share, slice, snack, span), short (cup, draw, lot, weird), racion (helping, ration, share), ndaj në pjesë (parcel out), i jap pjesën, hise (part, share), fat (chance, circumstance, cup, destiny, dole, doom, fate, fortune, hap, happiness, hit, kismet, lot, lottery, luck, mercy, predetermine, share, spouse, weird). (various references) | |
Arabic | سَهْم (arrow, dart, share), نصيب (destiny, fortune, lot, luck, odds, quota, share, slice, whack), قسمة (division, fate, lot, share), قسم بين (averment), قسم (administration, allocate, allot, apportion, authority, bisect, break up, deal out, department, distribute, district, divide, division, give out, halve, parcel, part, partition, portion out, region, section, segment, separate, service, share, share out, split, subdivide, swear, take an oath), قطعة (bit, chunk, cut, division, fraction, fragment, part, piece, section, segment, share, slice), وزع (allocate, allot, apportion, cast, circulation, deal, deal out, deliver, diffuse, disburse, dispense, distribute, divide, dole out, hand out, issue, ladle, parcel, part, seed, serve out), وجبة (meal, repast), حصة (allocation, allotment, class, class period, cut, dividend, lesson, lot, part, percentage, period, proportion, quantum, ration, share, slice, whack), صداق (dowry), جزء (bit, fraction, parcel, part, partition, piece, pt., section, share, slice), جانب (aspect, board, border, flank, hand, part, phase, quarter, side), دوطة (dowry). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | зестра (dower, dowry), давам зестра на, деля (cut, divide, laminate, part, partition, segment, separate, share), дял (allocation, allotment, concern, contingent, deal, dos, interest, lobe, parcel, part, partition, proportion, quantum, quota, sector, segment, share, slice, snack, value, whack), пай (contingent, divvy, pate, pie, share, slice, whack), парче (bar, bit, cake, catch, cob, cut, cutting, dollop, fragment, lump, patch, piece, scrap, section, slice, slip, slipping, snatch, splint, splinter), поделям (divide, parcel, partition, share), давам прикя на, прикя (trousseau), съдба (chance, destiny, dispensation, doom, fatality, fate, fortune, hap, kismet, line, lot, luck, star, weird), определям като дял на, орис (destiny, doom, fate, fortunes), къс (brief, cob, fraction, fragment, fritter, jimp, length, little, morsel, patch, piece, scrimpy, short, skimpy, slip, slipping), част (concern, detachment, division, fraction, interest, lap, leg, member, movement, outfit, parcel, part, partition, piece, proportion, quantum, quota, rate, section, segment, share, slice, snack, unit), разделям (break up, come between, disconnect, dispart, dissever, disunite, divide, divorce, divvy, lot, parcel out, part, partition, plot, segment, segregate, separate, sever, share, slice, split, split up, sunder, uncouple, unjoin, win away), участ (doom, fatality, fate, lot), порция (feed, help, helping, serving, size, snack). (various references) | |
Chinese | 部份 (partial), 股 (part, section, share, thigh, whiff), 份 (copy, part, share), 一部分 . (various references) | |
Czech | porcovat (carve), podíl (contribution, holding, interest, lot, part, participation, quota, quotient, share), přídìl (allocation, allowance, ration, stint), vìno (dowry), rozdìlit (allot, apportion, carve up, deal out, disjoin, dismember, dispense, dissever, distribute, divide, divide out, divide up, give away, hand around, hand out, parcel, parcel out, part, partition, separate, share, split), díl (episode, panel, part, section, unit, whack), èást (corner, deal, end, episode, part, percentage, section, segment, stretch, unit, whack). (various references) | |
Danish | portionspakning (fractional portion, portion pack, single portion pack, single service pack), pyramideceller (pneumatized cavities in the apex of the petrosal portion, pyramidal cells), caput profundum musculi flexoris pollicis brevis (deep portion of flexor pollicis brevis muscle), de til udfoersel og til drift af kul-of staalindustrien bestemte maengder (the portion to be allotted to export and to the operation of the coal and steel industries), del (part, piece, share), den sammenkrollede del af foringen,kaldet guleroden,er et uoensket resultat af jet perforeringen,da den kan blokere perforeringshullerne og standse tilstroemningen (called the carrot, is an undesirable feature of jet perforating as it may sometimes lodge in the perforation and obstruct flow, the crumpled portion of the liner), emnedel (part, portion of a piece), forkrøpning (crank, cranked portion of a shaft, crimp), forlade en sløjfe (to ignore a loop portion, to skip a loop portion), i nogle lande modtager den længstlevende ægtefælle en arvelod som tvangsarv (some countries grant a certain reserved portion to the surviving spouse), ignorere en sløjfe (to ignore a loop portion, to skip a loop portion), brøkdel af de skyldige beløb,der ikke kan gøres udlæg i (unattachable portion of the sums due), muldplade (breast, front portion of mouldboard), vaegt af afsmeltet kernetraad (weight of portion of core wire melted), rib (cord, costal bones, plain rib, puffed portion, raised portion, rib, ventral bones, wing rib), sætskrue (grub screw with plain stem, headless set screw with unthreaded portion), skaft (arbor, body, handle, harness, leg, neck, plain stem, scapus, screw neck, shaft, shank, stem, stock, unthreaded portion), skaftskrue (grub screw, grub screw with plain stem, headless screw, headless set screw, headless set screw with unthreaded portion), skoent en betydelig maengde gas vil forsvinde fra borevaesken i borevaeskesigterne,er en vakuumdegasser noedvendig til helt af faa fjernet gassen (although a considerable portion of gas will break out of drilling mud at the shale shakers), testportionens masse (massa of test portion), træets overjordiske dele (aerial portion, epigeal portion, shoot), tvangsarv (portion of the estate to devolve compulsorily upon the heirs), vaegt af afsmeltet elektrode (weight of portion of electrode melted), krumtap (crank, crank lever, crank s, cranked portion of a shaft, handle, overhung crank). (various references) | |
Dutch | premievrije voet (part of income not subject to ABP contributions, portion of salary disregarded in calculating pension contribution), portieverpakking (fractional portion, portion pack, single portion pack, single service pack), inbreng (assets, estate brought in, marriage portion, restoration of gifts and legacies), caput profundum van de musculus flexor pollicis brevis (deep portion of flexor pollicis brevis muscle), de gedeelten bestemd voor de uitvoer en voor het handhaven van de bedrijvigheid in de kolenmijn-en staalindustrie (the portion to be allotted to export and to the operation of the coal and steel industries), deel (element, fragment, item, part, Parthian, particle, piece, share, volume), deel van het molecuul dat buiten de celmembraan ligt (portion lying outside the cell membrane), een lusgedeelte weglaten (to ignore a loop portion, to skip a loop portion), een van de nadelen van jetperforatie is dat het uitgestulpte deel van de zeefpijp,de zgn.carrot,in de perforatie blijft steken en zo het toestromen van de olie verhindert (called the carrot, is an undesirable feature of jet perforating as it may sometimes lodge in the perforation and obstruct flow, the crumpled portion of the liner), erfdeel (inheritance), franchise (franchise, part of income not subject to ABP contributions, portion of salary disregarded in calculating pension contribution), gewicht van de afgesmolten draad (weight of portion of core wire melted), gewicht van de afgesmolten kerndraad (weight of portion of core wire melted), gewicht van het afgesmolten elektrodemateriaal (weight of portion of electrode melted), bovengronds bladdragend gedeelte van plant (aerial portion, epigeal portion, shoot), hoewel een groot deel van het gas bij de trilzeef uit de spoeling zal ontsnappen,is het toch noodzakelijk een vacuum spoelingontgasser te gebruiken om het gas grondiger te verwijderen (although a considerable portion of gas will break out of drilling mud at the shale shakers), wettelijk erfdeel (portion of the estate to devolve compulsorily upon the heirs), krukelleboog (crank, cranked portion of a shaft), niet voor beslag vatbaar gedeelte van de verschuldigde bedragen (unattachable portion of the sums due), ondeelbare handelseenheid (indivisible commercial portion), schaar (pincers, scissors, tongs), schacht (pole, rod, shaft), sommige landen kennen de overlevende echtgenoot een wettelijk erfdeel toe (some countries grant a certain reserved portion to the surviving spouse), stelschroef (adjusting screw, aiming screw, attaching screw, binding screw, clamping screw, fastening screw, fixing screw, grub screw, grub screw with plain stem, headless set screw with unthreaded portion, hollow set screw, lock screw: locking screw, pinch screw: pinching screw, regulating screw, set screw), sterk terugwijkend gedeelte van de romp (steeply overhanging portion of the hull), tantièmebelasting (tax on allocated portion of profits, tax on directors'fees, tax on profit quotas), uitgaansgeld (portion of convict's earnings accumulated until his discharge), hoeveelheid van het monster (massa of test portion). (various references) | |
Farsi | نصیب , قسمت (Arm, Canto, Chapter, Compartment, Department, Detachment, Division, Dole, Flat, Grist, Internode, Leg, Lot, Parcel, Party, Percentage, Piece, Plank, Proportion, Rasher, Ratio, Sect, Section, Segment, Share, Slice), تکه (Bit, Dab, Fragment, Glimmer, Gob, Goblet, Item, Loaf, Lot, Lump, Morsel, Nub, Pane, Patch, Scrap, Shiver, Shred, Slab, Slice, Smidgen, Whit), تسهیم کردن (Whack), سهم بندی کردن (Lot), سهم (Allotment, Arrow, Contribution, Lot, Proportion, Quota, Ratio, Ration, Scantling, Share, Slice, Whack), سرنوشت (Destination, Destiny, Dole, Fate, Lot), جزء (Appurtenance, Clause, Component, Detail, Ingredient, Member, Sector), ارث (Heritage, Inheritance, Legacy), بهره (Lot, Share), بخشیدن (Bestow, Betake, Condone, Dispense, Donate, Forgive, Give, Giveaway, Grant, Indulgence, Pardon, Pleasure, Privilege, Remit, Spare, Vouchsafe), بخش (Borough, Branch, Canton, Commune, County, Department, District, Division, Installment, Item, Leg, Lot, Member, Parcel, Parish, Part, Party, Piece, Precinct, Quarter, Role, Sect, Section, Sector, Segment, Share, Zone), برخه (Fraction, Part). (various references) | |
Finnish | annos (dose, helping, ration, serving). (various references) | |
French | portion, partie, part, sort, dot, distribuer, destin. (various references) | |
German | zuteilen (allocate, allot, apportion, assign, deal, detail, distribute, ration, ration out, to allot, to apportion), teil (appanage, area, bit, chapter, component, deal, district, part, Parthian, partial, particle, partition, parts, party, piece, proportion, scrap, section, segment, share, slice, spare, spare part, stint, stretch, tract, unit), stück (baggage, bar, bit, cake, cob, fragment, head, hunk, item, length, lump, part, passage, peace, piece, play, plot, segment, share, shtick, slice, slips, snatch, snip, stick, stretch, track, wedge), portion (amount, helping, Pat, serving, share), anteil (allotment, concern, contribution, cut, interest, interesting, part, Parthian, piece, proportion, quantity, quota, share, stake, stint, stock, sympathy). (various references) | |
Greek | μερίδα (helping, ration, serving, share). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מניה (part, share), מנת, מנה (dose, ration, share), להקציב (allocate, allot, allow, apply, assign, funds, mete, ration, set aside, set the pace), שעור (coordinate, estimation, installment, lesson, limit, measure, norm, pitch, proportion, rate, ratio, size), חלקה (lot, piece of land, plot), חלק (blank, even, fate, flat, fraction, glace, installment, level, lot, part, partition, section, share, slick, smooth, soft), כוס (cup, glass, goblet, lot, tumbler, vessel). (various references) | |
Hungarian | porció, adag (dose, helping, level of ration, potion, ration, serving, stint). (various references) | |
Indonesian | porsi, catuan (ration), catu (share), cadong (share), bagian (allotment, division, lot, offshoot, part, place, proportion, section, segment, share). (various references) | |
Irish | chuid (part), áirithe. (various references) | |
Italian | porzione (allotment, helping, moiety, part, Parthian, piece, serving, share). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 部分 (part, section), 部分 (part, section), 量 (amount, quantity, volume), 取り代 (one's share), 割前 (quota, share), 割り前 (quota, share), 前 (ago, before, fore part, former, head, helping, in front, in the presence of, lady, one-time, previous, previously, the above, to), 分け前 (cut, quota, share), 別け前 (cut, quota, share). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | まえ (ago, before, fore part, head, helping, in front, in the presence of, lady, previously, to), ぶぶん (part, section), りょう (amount, catch, charge, companion, completion, defy, dormitory, eclipse, endure, excel, fee, finish, fishing, game, good, hostel, hunting, keep out, material, official, pull through, quantity, rate, skill, slight, stave off, surpass, tide over, understanding, volume), わりまえ (quota, share), わけまえ (cut, quota, share), とりしろ (one's share). (various references) | |
Korean | 부분 (partial, sectional). (various references) | |
Manx | skibbag (elf-lock, hopper, skip, skipper, skipping), meer (bait, bit, bite, bite of food, coin, element, extract, fleck of dust, item, number, par, part, passage, patch, piece, scrap, section, segment), lott (job-lot), cronney (bass, fate, lot, share), cron (blemish, draw, frame, job lot, scar, speck, spot, stain, stigma), cooid ronney (allowance, dividend), ayrn (division, fraction, part, section, share), aart. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ortionpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | porção (allotment, collection, dip, dole, dose, lot, parcel, piece, potion, quantum, section, share, slice), partilhar (allocate, apportion, partition, share), parte (deal, it leaves, leaves, lot, parcel, part, Parthian, piece, quantum, quota, role, section, share, snack, suitor), parcela (allotment, drop, lot, parcel, part, Parthian, quota, share), sina (destiny, fortune, lot, luck), seção (chapter, department, division, section, service), repartir (allocate, allot, apportion, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, divide, dole, mete, part, separate, share, slice, whack), ração (feed, food, ration), quinhão (dose, lot, part, Parthian, quota, share, shot, slice, snack), fração (crumb, fraction, fragment, part, quantum, side, subdivision, tithe), distribuir (allocate, allot, deliver, dispart, dispense, distribute, dole out, give out, hand out, parcel, serve, share, spread), destino (address, billet, burden, destination, destiny, die, dole, doom, draw, fate, fortune, future, hap, karma, kismet, lines, lot, luck, star, weirdy, whither), dar dote a, bocado (bit, bite, cantle, chip, dollop, fragment, gob, gobbet, lump, morsel, mouthful, piece, scrap, shiver, slice, smack, snatch, snip, sprinkle). (various references) | |
Romanian | porţiune (lot, part, proportion, sector, stretch), porţie (go, helping, slice, whack), participare (communion, concern, contribution, participation, partnership, share), zestre (Dot, dower, dowry, settlement, trousseau), soartã (chance, destiny, dole, doom, fatality, fate, fortune, future, hap, kismet, line, lot, luck, Rede, weird), fragment (chip, excerpt, extract, fragment, ort, passage, piece, scrap, sketch, snatch), distribui (admeasure, apportion, assign, deal, dispense, distribute, divide, give out, measure out, mete, mete out, pass out, serve out, share out, spread), da ca zestre, aloca (allocate, allot, allow, apportion, appropriate, assign, grant), împãrţi (admeasure, allot, apportion, assign, branch, cast, comminute, deal, distribute, divide, dole, go snacks, impart, lay on, measure out, mete, mete out, parcel out, partake of, partition, pass out, retail, section, share, slice, split). (various references) | |
Russian | участь (lot), удел (fate), распределять часть, часть (bailiwick, Cantle, division, fraction, limb, member, moiety, part, parts, piece, quota, quotum, segment, share, slice), выделять часть, доля (allotment, content, cup, dole, fraction, lobe, moiety, quanta, quota, quotum, share, share of). (various references) | |
Scottish | pàirt (a share, part, share), roinn (a share, distribute, divide, division, impart, section, separate, share), rann (a division, a quatrain, division, part, section, verse), earrann (division, section, share), cuid (divide, part, separate, share, some), cuibhrionn. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | porcija (helping, ration, serving, share, slice), razdeliti (disjoin, divide, dole, dole out, fractionate, give out, hand out, part, pass out, piece out, split), deo (cut, parcel, part, period, piece part, share). (various references) | |
Spanish | porción (crumb, dollop, dosage, lot, Pat, slice, wedge, whack). (various references) | |
Swedish | del (article, end, episode, fraction, installment, instalment, member, part, Parthian, partition, piece, section, segment, share, volume), portion (amount of, helping, ration, share, whack), dela (divide, part, partition, separate, share, split up). (various references) | |
Turkish | porsiyon (go, helping, serving), pay (allocation, allotment, apportionment, concern, cut, hand, interest, kickback, margin, moiety, numerator, part, proportion, quanta, quantum, quota, share, shareout, slice, snack, take, toll, whack), parça (attachment, batch, bit, cake, Cantle, component, cut, dribblet, driblet, fraction, fragment, gobbet, item, lump, moiety, morsel, part, passage, patch, piece, scrap, segment, shred, snatch, tool), porsiyonlamak, kısmet (chance, destiny, fatality, fate, foreordination, fortune, inning, innings, kismet, lot, Moira, predestination, shot), çeyiz vermek (dower), ayırmak (abstract, allocate, allot, allow, appropriate, assort, book, choose, classify, comb, comb out, contradistinguish, cut off, cut out, demarcate, detach, devote, disband, discard, disembody, disjoin, disrupt, dissever, dissociate, distinguish, disunite, divert, divide, divorce, divorce from, earmark, except, hive off, insulate, intend for, isolate, keep apart, mark out, part, particularize, partition, partition off, pick out, reduce, reserve, resolve, seclude, segregate, select, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, sever, shut off, single out, snatch away from, snatch from, sort, sort out, spare, specialize, split, spread, spread out, sunder, sweep off, take apart, tear away, tear off, unpick, unstick, wall, winnow), bölüştürmek (allocate, allot, apportion, divide, lot, mete, portion out, serve out, share out, split, whack up), bölüm (Cantle, category, chapter, class, compartment, department, desk, division, episode, fraction, fragment, installment, instalment, part, quotient, section, segment, septum, sequence, side, squad), bölmek (break down, carve up, cleave, divide, divvy, divvy up, overslaugh, parcel, parcel out, partition, reduce, rend, section, segment, separate, sever, share, slice, split), çeyiz (bottom drawer, dower, dowry, marriage portion, trousseau), kısım (chapter, compartment, episode, fragment, part, section), miktar (amount, deal, measure, number, proportion, quanta, quantitative, quantity, quantum, sum, supply), miras bırakmak (bequeath, hand down, legate), miras hissesi, hisse (allotment, holding, interest, kickback, lot, moiety, percent, quantum, quota, share, shareout, slice). (various references) | |
Turkmen | portsiяa (r), gatanз (share), dцwь. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | частка (allotment, ante, contingent, crumb, deal, detail, divvy, dose, draught, fraction, lobe, particle, quantity, quota, quotient, shred, slice), частина (Cantle, dividend, half, part, proportion, quantum, quotient, section, segment, share, side, snick, strand), наділяти (clothe, confer, deal out, endue, gird, vest), придане (dower, dowry, trousseau), порція (allowance, batch, helping, order, serving, stint), ділити на частини (dissever, parcel, segment), доля (allotment, chance, cup, destiny, doom, fatality, fate, fortune, karma, lot, nemesis, predestination). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | phần (concern, part, percentage), số mệnh (doom, fatality, fate, kismet, weird). (various references) | |
Welsh | rhan (behalf, fate, part), dogn (allowance, dose, share), cynhysgaeth (dower, fortune), cyfran (allotment, part, share), cwtws (lot, tail). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | ba, hal, e, u. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | pars, parsque, parte, partem, partemque, partes, parti, partibus, partis, partium, partum, portio, portionales, portione, portionem, portionis. (various references) |
| Arabic | 500-Modern | qisma, qismat. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 31, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai anistatai ek nuktwn kai edwken brwmata tw oikw kai erga taiV qerapainaiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Vav et de nocte surrexit deditque praedam domesticis suis et cibaria ancillis suis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Vau. And fro the nyyt she ros, and yaf prei to hir homli men, and metis to hir hand wymmen. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth food to her household, and a portion to her maidens. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | She gets up while it is still night, and gives meat to her family, and their food to her servant-girls. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 31, Verse 15 |
| Cebuano | Siya mobangon usab samtang gabii pa, Ug nagahatag sa kalan-on sulod sa iyang panimalay, Ug ang ilang mga buhat alang sa iyang mga sulogoong dalaga. |
| Croatian | Još za noæi ona ustaje, hrani svoje ukuæane i odreðuje posao sluškinjama svojim. |
| Danish | Endnu før Dag står hun op og giver Huset Mad, sine Piger deres tilmålte Del. |
| Dutch | Vau. En zij staat op, als het nog nacht is, en geeft haar huis spijze, en haar dienstmaagden het bescheiden deel. |
| Finnish | Kun yö vielä on, hän nousee ja antaa ravinnon perheellensä, piioilleen heidän osansa. |
| French | Elle se lève lorsqu`il est encore nuit, Et elle donne la nourriture à sa maison Et la tâche à ses servantes. |
| German | Sie steht vor Tages auf und gibt Speise ihrem Hause und Essen ihren Dirnen. |
| Haitian Creole | Solèy poko leve, li gen tan sou pye l', l'ap pare manje pou moun nan kay la. L'ap di sèvant yo sa pou yo fè. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pagi-pagi buta ia bangun untuk menyiapkan makanan bagi keluarganya, dan untuk membagi-bagikan tugas kepada pelayan-pelayannya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka bangunlah ia sebelum fajar, lalu diberinya makan akan orang isi rumahnya dan pekerjaan yang tentu kepada segala dayang-dayangnya. |
| Italian | Si alza quando ancora è notte e prepara il cibo alla sua famiglia e dà ordini alle sue domestiche. |
| Maori | E maranga ana hoki ia i te mea e po tonu ana, a hoatu ana e ia he kai ma tona whare, he mahi hoki e rite ana ma ana kotiro. |
| Norwegian | Hun står op mens det ennu er natt, og gir sine husfolk brød og sine piker deres arbeid for dagen. |
| Portuguese | Vave. E quando ainda está escuro, ela se levanta, e dá mantimento à sua casa, e a tarefa às suas servas. |
| Rumanian | Ea se scoalq cknd este kncq noapte, wi dq hranq casei sale, wi kmparte lucrul de peste zi slujnicelor sale. |
| Russian | пОБ ЧУФБЕФ ЕЭЕ ОПЮША Й ТБЪДБЕФ РЙЭХ Ч ДПНЕ УЧПЕН Й ХТПЮОПЕ УМХЦБОЛБН УЧПЙН. |
| Swedish | Medan det ännu är natt, står hon upp och sätter fram mat åt sitt husfolk, åt tjänarinnorna deras bestämda del. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "portion": portioned, portioning, portionless, portions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "portion": apportion, disproportion, overproportion, preportion, proportion, reapportion. (additional references) | |
Words containing "portion": apportionable, apportioned, apportioning, apportionment, apportionments, apportions, disproportional, disproportionate, disproportionated, disproportionately, disproportionates, disproportionating, disproportionation, disproportionations, disproportioned, disproportioning, disproportions, malapportioned, malapportionment, malapportionments, overproportionate, overproportionately, overproportioned, overproportioning, overproportions, preportioned, preportioning, preportions, proportionable, proportionably, proportional, proportionalities, proportionality, proportionally, proportionals, proportionate, proportionated, proportionately, proportionates, proportionating, proportioned, proportioning, proportions, reapportioned, reapportioning, reapportionment, reapportionments, reapportions. (additional references) | |
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"Portion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Oporton, partio, partion, patrion, peration, Perion, Periton, Perotin, petrocon, Phormion, piriton, Pordenone, porition, Portadowne, portaloo, portan, porten, porteno, Porthor, Porthos, portin, portio, Portnov, portoin, Portoroz, postion, potior, Powton, pportion, priton, protin, protion, protium, protocone, rortyan, tortion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "portion" (pronounced pô"rshun) |
| 6 | p ô" r sh u n | apportion, proportion. |
| 5 | -ô" r sh u n | abortion, antiabortion, contortion, distortion, extortion. |
| 4 | -r sh u n | martian. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-n-o-o-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: option, potion, pronto, proton, tropin. | |
-2 letters: intro, nitro, orpin, pinot, pinto, piton, point, poori, porno, print, prion, topoi, troop. | |
-3 letters: inro, into, iron, noir, nori, onto, pint, pion, pirn, poon, poor, porn, port, riot, root, roti, roto, tiro, toon, topi, tori, torn, toro, trio, trip, trop. | |
-4 letters: ion, nip, nit, noo, nor, not, oot. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-n-o-o-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: pinkroot, pliotron, portions, positron, protonic, sorption, trooping, troponin. | |
+2 letters: apportion, entropion, footprint, hoofprint, inotropic, nonprofit, operation, pinkroots, pliotrons, portioned, positrons, pourpoint, prenotion, probation, promoting, promotion, pronation, proration, sorptions, troponins, uprooting. | |
+3 letters: absorption, adsorption, anisotropy, anthropoid, antiproton, apportions, colorpoint, comporting, corruption, desorption, entropions, footprints, fortepiano, hoofprints, intertroop, lipotropin, neotropics, nonprofits, nonprotein, operations, ornithopod, outpouring, peroration, pianoforte, picrotoxin, pollinator, portioning, postprison, pourpoints, prenotions, preportion, probations, proctoring, production, progenitor, prognostic, projection, promotions, pronations, propionate, proportion, prorations, protection, protrusion, reposition, resorption, stainproof, topworking, torpedoing, xenotropic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Historic 12. Quotations: Fiction | 13. Quotations: Non-fiction 14. Quotations: Spoken 15. Quotations: Speeches 16. Usage Frequency | 17. Names: Derived from 18. Expressions 19. Expressions: Internet 20. Translations: Modern | 21. Translations: Ancient 22. Bible Trace 23. Derivations 24. Rhymes | 25. Anagrams 26. Bibliography |
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