portion

portion is a 7-letter English word with 15 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. noun. That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
2. noun. A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole.
3. noun. A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.
4. noun. The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance.
5. noun. A wife's fortune; a dowry.
6. transitive verb. To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.
7. transitive verb. To endow with a portion or inheritance.
8. noun. the allotment of some amount by dividing something

   "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"

   Synonyms: parcel, share

9. noun. something less than the whole of a human artifact

   "the rear part of the house"

   "glue the two parts together"

   Synonyms: part

10. 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"

    Synonyms: helping, serving

11. noun. money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

    Synonyms: dower, dowery, dowry

12. noun. assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group

    "he wanted his share in cash"

    Synonyms: part, percentage, share

13. 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"

    Synonyms: component, constituent, part

14. noun. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

    "whatever my fortune may be"

    "deserved a better fate"

    Synonyms: circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, luck

15. verb. give out

    "We were assigned new uniforms"

    Synonyms: allot, assign

Synonyms

parcel, share, part, helping, serving, dower, dowery, dowry, percentage, component, constituent, circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, luck, allot, assign

Common word forms

portions, portional, portioned, portioner, portiones, portioning, portionize, portionable, portionless

Words from these letters

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