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portion
English
Etymology
From Middle English porcioun, borrowed from Old French porcion, from Latin portio (“a share, part, portion, relation, proportion”), akin to pars (“part”); see part. Compare proportion.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p????n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p????n/
- (Scotland, Ireland, other varieties without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?po????n/, /?po????n/, /?po???n/
- Rhymes: -??(?)??n
Noun
portion (plural portions)
- An allocated amount.
- That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
- One's fate; lot.
- Man's portion is to die and rise again.
- The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
- A wife's fortune; a dowry.
- 1613, William Shakespeare, The Two Noble Kinsmen, V. iv. 31:
- Commend me to her, and to piece her portion / Tender her this.
- 1613, William Shakespeare, The Two Noble Kinsmen, V. iv. 31:
Usage notes
Relatively formal, compared to the more informal part or more concrete and casual piece. For example, “part of the money” (both informal) but “portion of the proceeds” (both formal).
Synonyms
- part
- piece
Derived terms
- portionless
- proportion
- underportion
Translations
Verb
portion (third-person singular simple present portions, present participle portioning, simple past and past participle portioned)
- (transitive) To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
- (transitive) To endow with a portion or inheritance.
- 1733, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Bathurst
- Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest.
- 1733, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Bathurst
Translations
Usage notes
- Particularly used as portion out.
- Relatively formal, compared to the more informal divide, divide up, or the casual divvy, divvy up.
Synonyms
- apportion
- divide, divide up
- divvy, divvy up
Derived terms
- portion off
- portion out
Further reading
- portion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- portion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin portionem (accusative singular of portio).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.sj??/
Noun
portion f (plural portions)
- portion
Descendants
- ? Turkish: porsiyon
Further reading
- “portion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- potiron
Interlingua
Noun
portion (plural portiones)
- portion
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
portion c
- serving, an helping of food
Declension
Related terms
- portionera
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snippet
English
Etymology
From snip +? -et. Compare snippock.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sn?p?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?sn?p?t/, [?sn?p??(?)t?]
- Rhymes: -?p?t
Noun
snippet (plural snippets)
- A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
- From the snippet I heard of their rehearsal, they sound pretty good.
- 1902, Beatrix Potter, The Tailor of Gloucester:
- He cut his coats without waste; according to his embroidered cloth, they were very small ends and snippets that lay about upon the table […]
- (computing) A text file containing a relatively small amount of code, useless by itself, along with instructions for inserting that code into a larger codebase.
Synonyms
- (small part): excerpt
Derived terms
- in-snippet
- snippet journalism
- snippety
Translations
Verb
snippet (third-person singular simple present snippets, present participle snippeting or (nonstandard) snippetting, simple past and past participle snippeted or (nonstandard) snippetted)
- (transitive, often computing) To produce a snippet (small part) of; to excerpt.
- We snippeted the blog posts for display on the home page.
- To make small cuts, to snip, particularly with scissors.
- 1902, Beatrix Potter, The Tailor of Gloucester:
- All day long while the light lasted he sewed and snippetted […]
- 1902, Beatrix Potter, The Tailor of Gloucester:
Usage notes
- Doubled ‘tt’ is incorrect per standard spelling rules, but reasonably common.
Synonyms
- (tiny part): excerpt
References
- snippet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- steppin'
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