portion

portion

noun

Definition of PORTION

1

a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand <he had always just assumed that lifelong bachelorhood would be his portion>

Synonyms circumstance, destiny, doom, fortune, kismet, lot, portion

Related Words accident, casualty [archaic], chance, hap, happenchance, happenstance, hazard, luck; predestination; aftereffect, aftermath, conclusion, consequence, development, effect, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot

2

one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled <equal portions of the students' day are devoted to study, recreation, and sleep>

Synonyms member, partition, portion, section, segment

Related Words component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient, moiety, parcel; cut, length; bit, fragment, particle, scrap

Near Antonyms whole; aggregate, composite, compound, sum, total, totality

3

something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group <each camper gets an equal portion of the food>

Synonyms allotment, allowance, cut, end, part, piece, portion, proportion, quota, slice, take

Related Words lot, ration; commission, percentage; member, partition, section, segment

Near Antonyms aggregate, composite, compound, pool, sum, total, totality; whole