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portion

/ˈpoɹʃən/ US
/ˈpɔːʃən/ UK
/ˈpoːʃən/ Australia, British, New Zealand
/ˈpoəɹʃən/
/ˈpoːɹʃən/
/ˈpoɹʃən/
/poː(r).ʃən/ South Asia

Sounds like potion · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)ʃən

Where it comes from

English portion From Middle English porcioun, borrowed from Old French porcion, accusative of Latin portiōnem (“a share, part, portion, relation, proportion”), from portiō, akin to pars (“part”); see part. Compare proportion.

noun portions

An allocated amount.
That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
Similar: part, piece, bit, chip, chunk, tranche, clip, crumb, crumbling, cutting, flake, fleak
One's fate; lot. The Lord of that ſeruant […] will appoint him his portion with the vnbeleeuers.
Similar: doom, fortune, chance, destin, destiny, fatality, fate, foredoom, foreordination, kismet, lot, orlay
The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance. Father, giue me the portion of goods that falleth to me.
A wife's fortune; a dowry. Commend me to her, and to piece her portion / Tender her this.

verb portions · portioning · portioned

transitive To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
transitive To endow with a portion or inheritance. Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest.

Similar: apportion, divide, divide up, divvy, divvy up

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: share, allot, assign, component, part, serving, lot, destiny, fate, luck, fortune, parcel, percentage, helping, circumstances, component part

verb

Similar: apportion, divide, divide up, divvy, divvy up

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Every language

noun allocated amount

Español	porción
한국어	일부 ilbu, 부분 bubun
日本語	部分 bubun
中文	一部分 yībùfen, 部分 bùfen
हिन्दी	हिस्सा hissā
Português	porção
Français	part, portion
Deutsch	Teil, Portion
Italiano	porzione
Ελληνικά	μερίδα merída
Română	porțiune, bucată, porție, fragment, cotă-parte
Русский	до́ля dólja, по́рция pórcija, часть častʹ, пай paj
Tiếng Việt	phần
العربية	جُزْء juzʔ

noun one's fate — see also fate

Русский	до́ля dólja

noun part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir

Русский	до́ля dólja

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@misc{portion_2026,
  title = {portion},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/portion},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}