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Word:
partition
IPA transcription: [pɑɹt'ɪʃən]
Pronunciations of partition
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noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
partition, divider
Meaning:
a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
Usage examples
Didn't you sit close to the partition?"
"And didn't you sit close to the partition on your side?
Equal partition abolishes emulation; and consequently labor.
"Didn't you sit close to the partition on your side?" he insisted.
It is a partition made by the butcher, which kills that which it divides.
The non-magnetic gangue descends in a straight line to the other side of the partition.
The partition planned at Loo was therefore the very opposite of the partition of Poland.
One wound the partition would undoubtedly have inflicted, a wound on the Castilian pride.
Finding, however, that his companion made no reply, he shot his head over the partition and looking down at him said--
One moment she had been sitting quietly on her side of the partition, stirring her cup of tea with one of her Gorham spoons.
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