Portion can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| portion - give out; "We were assigned new uniforms" | ||
Noun |
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| portion - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" | ||
| portion - 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" | ||
| portion - assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" | ||
| portion - 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" | ||
| portion - 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" | ||
| portion - the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians" | ||
| portion - money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage |
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| 1. | noun | His portion was larger than hers. | |
| 2. | noun | I read a portion of the manuscript. | |
| 3. | noun | Success that was her portion. | |
| 4. | noun | News coverage of the president’s years in the Guard has tended to focus on one brief portion of that time — to the exclusion of virtually everything else. | |
| 5. | noun | Are we expecting that the portion attributable to each project will be paid as the individual EPC contracts are signed? | |
| 6. | noun | Does this mean that for June and for a certain portion of July we should not do anything and just make adjustments on a going forward basis (and assume everything will work out at month end)? | |
| 7. | noun | In essence, Iran now owns a significant portion of the Iraqi government. | |
| 8. | noun | More significantly, China holds a large portion of the American economy in the palm of its hand. | |
| 9. | noun | By dumping some portion of their reserves, these countries could put the dollar under intense pressure and send U.S. interest rates skyrocketing. | |
| 10. | noun | The whole Western Addition and a large portion of the Haight was black. | |
| 11. | noun | I was very happy with the customer service and even more please with the portion size, to go box set up and quality of the food for the price. | |
| 12. | noun | The food is mediocre at best, and largely overpriced given the portion size and quality. | |
| 13. | noun | Cons: * Server wasn't very pleasant * Pretty small portion on the blackened catfish * Overcooked food * Time, took about 25 minutes from ordering to eating. | |
| 14. | noun | But one should not go here expecting something fantastic, unless perhaps you've never had middle-eastern food before, or succulent duck, tasty lamb, decent portion sizes or actually warm chocolate desserts. | |
| 15. | noun | Tom got a small portion of pie. |
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| His portion was larger than hers. |
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| I read a portion of the manuscript. |
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| Success that was her portion. |
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| News coverage of the president’s years in the Guard has tended to focus on one brief portion of that time — to the exclusion of virtually everything else. |
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| Are we expecting that the portion attributable to each project will be paid as the individual EPC contracts are signed? |
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| Does this mean that for June and for a certain portion of July we should not do anything and just make adjustments on a going forward basis (and assume everything will work out at month end)? |
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| In essence, Iran now owns a significant portion of the Iraqi government. |
|
| More significantly, China holds a large portion of the American economy in the palm of its hand. |
|
| By dumping some portion of their reserves, these countries could put the dollar under intense pressure and send U.S. interest rates skyrocketing. |
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| The whole Western Addition and a large portion of the Haight was black. |
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| I was very happy with the customer service and even more please with the portion size, to go box set up and quality of the food for the price. |
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| The food is mediocre at best, and largely overpriced given the portion size and quality. |
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| Cons: * Server wasn't very pleasant * Pretty small portion on the blackened catfish * Overcooked food * Time, took about 25 minutes from ordering to eating. |
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| But one should not go here expecting something fantastic, unless perhaps you've never had middle-eastern food before, or succulent duck, tasty lamb, decent portion sizes or actually warm chocolate desserts. |
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| Tom got a small portion of pie. | |