Synonyms:
part, portion, component_part, component, constituent
Meaning: 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"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"
Synonyms:
part, portion
Meaning: something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
Synonyms:
parcel, portion, share
Meaning: the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"
Synonyms:
share, portion, part, percentage
Meaning: assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
assign, allot, portion
Meaning: give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"
Usage examples
Yet only a portion came.
A portion of it perhaps had not.
He also gave a portion to the Woozy.
I shall not dwell on this portion of my story.
That is clearly the remaining portion of our subject.
He gave his daughter a portion of five millions of francs.
That portion of the work is being more and more shifted upon machines.
He offered a portion of the food to the Shaggy Man, who thanked him but refused it.
It was, indeed, a most pleasant portion of the island that we were now approaching.
They offer, however, a hundred and eighty thousand for a very small portion of them.