Portion
noun
A part of something that is shared between people.
He received a large portion of the inheritance.
Often appears as...
- a portion of
- large portion
noun
A part of food served for one person.
This portion is too big for me to eat.
Often appears as...
- portion size
- serve a portion
verb
To divide something into parts and distribute it.
Food was portioned out to the refugees.
Often appears as...
- portion out
- portion up
noun
A part of something that is shared between people.
He received a large portion of the inheritance.
Often appears as...
- a portion of
- large portion
noun
A part of food served for one person.
This portion is too big for me to eat.
Often appears as...
- portion size
- serve a portion
verb
To divide something into parts and distribute it.
Food was portioned out to the refugees.
Often appears as...
- portion out
- portion up
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Sharing Context
Used to describe a specific part that someone gets when something is divided among people.
Each investor received a portion of the company's profits.
Pro Tip 2/3Non-Material Things
Can refer to intangible things like time or attention shared among tasks or people.
She dedicated a portion of her day to learning English.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Inheritance
Commonly used to talk about the distribution of an inheritance, which can be money, property, or physical items.
The siblings argued over the portions of their father's estate.
Pro Tip 1/3Sharing Context
Used to describe a specific part that someone gets when something is divided among people.
Each investor received a portion of the company's profits.
Pro Tip 2/3Non-Material Things
Can refer to intangible things like time or attention shared among tasks or people.
She dedicated a portion of her day to learning English.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Inheritance
Commonly used to talk about the distribution of an inheritance, which can be money, property, or physical items.
The siblings argued over the portions of their father's estate.
Pro Tip 1/3Sharing Context
Used to describe a specific part that someone gets when something is divided among people.
Each investor received a portion of the company's profits.
Pro Tip 2/3Non-Material Things
Can refer to intangible things like time or attention shared among tasks or people.
She dedicated a portion of her day to learning English.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Inheritance
Commonly used to talk about the distribution of an inheritance, which can be money, property, or physical items.
The siblings argued over the portions of their father's estate.
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Drew Dudley: Everyday...
How many of you are completely comfortable with calling yourselves a leader? I've asked that question all across the country, and everywhere I ask it, no matter where, there's a huge portion of the audience that won't put up their hand. And I've come to realize that we have made leadership into something bigger than us; something beyond us. We've made it about changing the world.
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What's below the tip of...
by looking at the above-surface portion. This has led to the expression, "tip of the iceberg." Here are some thing you might not know about the icy islands. The life of an iceberg begins many thousands of years before it reaches the ocean. Unlike sea ice or pack ice, which form when the ocean freezes,
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The sort of light your...
seeing their particular portion of the spectrum of light and with these perfect eyes for seeing the full spectrum we see amazing things we see stars planets galaxies broadcasting to us in radio and these aren't alien signals they're just part of the universe doing its thing and
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What is Zeno's Dichotomy...
The fresh air clears his mind and help him think better. In order to get to the park, he first has to get half way to the park. This portion of his journey takes some finite amount of time. Once he gets to the halfway point, he needs to walk half the remaining distance.
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Your elusive creative...
But maybe if you just believed that they were on loan to you from some unimaginable source for some exquisite portion of your life to be passed along when you're finished, with somebody else. And, you know, if we think about it this way, it starts to change everything.
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Can you solve the...
By the time it completes its orbit and returns, the blob will have consumed the entire world, if even a single portion that will wake up remains. How can you cut the blob entirely into acute triangles and stop it from destroying the planet?
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Mysteries of vernacular:...
or a division of text, scribes would switch from standard black to the red pigment, minium. Another important visual device used to increase the prominence of certain portions of text was to set them off
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Sophisticated Mountain...
spending most of the day resting they also spend a hefty portion of their time grooming perhaps personal hygiene is important amongst hair culture or perhaps there's just not much else to do
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Chase a Wild Buffalo...
never have a majority of the landscape under some sort of formal protection it's really ranchers that have a substantial portion of land under their stewardship and really ranching that can
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The price of shame PIPE...
the audiotapes are aired on TV, and significant portions made available online. The public humiliation was excruciating. Life was almost unbearable.
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Drew Dudley: Everyday...
How many of you are completely comfortable with calling yourselves a leader? I've asked that question all across the country, and everywhere I ask it, no matter where, there's a huge portion of the audience that won't put up their hand. And I've come to realize that we have made leadership into something bigger than us; something beyond us. We've made it about changing the world.
Video examples
What's below the tip of...
by looking at the above-surface portion. This has led to the expression, "tip of the iceberg." Here are some thing you might not know about the icy islands. The life of an iceberg begins many thousands of years before it reaches the ocean. Unlike sea ice or pack ice, which form when the ocean freezes,
Video examples
The sort of light your...
seeing their particular portion of the spectrum of light and with these perfect eyes for seeing the full spectrum we see amazing things we see stars planets galaxies broadcasting to us in radio and these aren't alien signals they're just part of the universe doing its thing and
Video examples
What is Zeno's Dichotomy...
The fresh air clears his mind and help him think better. In order to get to the park, he first has to get half way to the park. This portion of his journey takes some finite amount of time. Once he gets to the halfway point, he needs to walk half the remaining distance.
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Your elusive creative...
But maybe if you just believed that they were on loan to you from some unimaginable source for some exquisite portion of your life to be passed along when you're finished, with somebody else. And, you know, if we think about it this way, it starts to change everything.
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Can you solve the...
By the time it completes its orbit and returns, the blob will have consumed the entire world, if even a single portion that will wake up remains. How can you cut the blob entirely into acute triangles and stop it from destroying the planet?
Video examples
Mysteries of vernacular:...
or a division of text, scribes would switch from standard black to the red pigment, minium. Another important visual device used to increase the prominence of certain portions of text was to set them off
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Sophisticated Mountain...
spending most of the day resting they also spend a hefty portion of their time grooming perhaps personal hygiene is important amongst hair culture or perhaps there's just not much else to do
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Chase a Wild Buffalo...
never have a majority of the landscape under some sort of formal protection it's really ranchers that have a substantial portion of land under their stewardship and really ranching that can
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The price of shame PIPE...
the audiotapes are aired on TV, and significant portions made available online. The public humiliation was excruciating. Life was almost unbearable.
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Wole Soyinka
Nigerian Dramatist
One has a responsibility to clean up one's space and make it livable as far as one's own resources go. That includes not only material resources, but psychological resources: the commitment of time and a portion of your mind to something when you'd rather be doing something else.
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Hamdi Ulukaya
Turkish Businessman
Just about anyone can make a good product, but it's the people that count. In the end, it's the employees who will take it from a kitchen-table idea to the next level. There are a lot of important things in business, but the people portion comes first.
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iJustine
American Celebrity
Even though I do share a lot of stuff, it's a very small portion of my life. And I think you just have to be careful because, anything that you post, it essentially is there forever. If it's not something you don't want everyone to see, don't post it.
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Jameela Jamil
English Celebrity
Many weight issues stem from illness, be it physical or, indeed, emotional. And a large portion of people who sometimes struggle to maintain a 'healthy' weight deal daily with their own self-esteem crises.
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Henry Hampton
American Activist
On the one hand, there is no reason that a black person needs to live a portion of his or her life being concerned about the people of color around him. On the other hand, if you don't you're crazy.
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Edgar Allan Poe
American Poet
Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.
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William Wordsworth
English Poet
The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
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Curtis Jackson
American Musician
My grandmother, she's been the positive portion of my life the entire time.
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Hamsalekha
Indian Musician
Media is the first important portion of any cinema industry.
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Rick Danko
Canadian Musician
Also a portion of my sales go directly to Greenpeace.
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Wole Soyinka
Nigerian Dramatist
One has a responsibility to clean up one's space and make it livable as far as one's own resources go. That includes not only material resources, but psychological resources: the commitment of time and a portion of your mind to something when you'd rather be doing something else.
Quote examples
Hamdi Ulukaya
Turkish Businessman
Just about anyone can make a good product, but it's the people that count. In the end, it's the employees who will take it from a kitchen-table idea to the next level. There are a lot of important things in business, but the people portion comes first.
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iJustine
American Celebrity
Even though I do share a lot of stuff, it's a very small portion of my life. And I think you just have to be careful because, anything that you post, it essentially is there forever. If it's not something you don't want everyone to see, don't post it.
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Jameela Jamil
English Celebrity
Many weight issues stem from illness, be it physical or, indeed, emotional. And a large portion of people who sometimes struggle to maintain a 'healthy' weight deal daily with their own self-esteem crises.
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Henry Hampton
American Activist
On the one hand, there is no reason that a black person needs to live a portion of his or her life being concerned about the people of color around him. On the other hand, if you don't you're crazy.
Quote examples
Edgar Allan Poe
American Poet
Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.
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William Wordsworth
English Poet
The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
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Curtis Jackson
American Musician
My grandmother, she's been the positive portion of my life the entire time.
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Hamsalekha
Indian Musician
Media is the first important portion of any cinema industry.
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Rick Danko
Canadian Musician
Also a portion of my sales go directly to Greenpeace.
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