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[ noun ] something determined in relation to something that includes it
Synonyms Examples "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" Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Aside from this , the average portion contains some protein , an appreciable amount of vitamins and C - about one-tenth of the minimum daily requirement , and about a third of the official vitamin_E requirement . (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)As he applied the applicator extending from the machine - which consisted_of seven differently colored neon_tubes superimposed on a rectangular base - to the supposedly diseased portions of Mrs._Shaefer 's body , Lee kept_up a steady stream of pseudo scientific mumbo-jumbo . (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)This material proved to be unsatisfactory , since we could not obtain reproducible results on various portions of the sample . (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)The pulmonary_artery , in_addition to supplying the distal portion of the respiratory bronchiole , the alveolar duct , and the alveoli , continues on and directly supplies the thin pleura ( fig. 8 ) . (S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)Some of the features of the top portions of Figure 1 and Figure 2 were mentioned in discussing Table 1 . |
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[ noun ] something less than the whole of a human artifact
Synonyms Examples : "the rear part of the house" "glue the two parts together" Used in print (Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)The measured brightness temperature is a good approximation to the brightness temperature at the center of the lunar disk because of the narrow antenna beam and because the temperature distribution over the central portion of the moon 's disk is nearly uniform . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)In deadly earnest , the besiegers methodically stripped away portions of the roof and tossed lighted rags inside , only to have most stamped_out by the women as_soon_as they hit the floor . |
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[ noun ] the result of parcelling out or sharing
Examples "death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans" Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)Every taxpayer is well aware of the vast size of our annual defense budget and most of our readers also realize that a large portion of these expenditures go for military electronics . |
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[ noun ] assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
Synonyms Examples "he wanted his share in cash" Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)He conducted it with less diplomacy and more spontaneous violence than the Sicilians , but he had his huge North_Side portion to exploit and he made a great_deal of money . (Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)Lincoln was historian and economist enough to know that a substantial portion of this wealth had accumulated in the hands of the descendants of New_Englanders engaged in the slave_trade . Related terms asset assets interest allotment slice allowance way profit_sharing cut ration split dispensation tranche dole net_income |
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[ noun ] your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
Examples : "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" Related terms condition condition good_fortune misfortune failure providence |
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[ noun ] (food) an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
Examples "the helpings were all small" "his portion was larger than hers" "there's enough for two servings each" |
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