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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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term
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tûm, IPA(key): /t??m/
- (US) enPR: tûrm, IPA(key): /t?m/
- Rhymes: -??(r)m
Etymology 1
From Middle English terme, borrowed from Old French terme, from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end; in Medieval Latin, also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.”).
Doublet of terminus. Old English had termen, from the same source.
Noun
term (plural terms)
- That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary.
- A chronological limitation or restriction.
- Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
- (geometry, archaic) A point, line, or superficies that limits.
- A line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.
- A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.
- "Algorithm" is a term used in computer science.
- Relations among people.
- Part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year.
- Duration of a set length; period in office of fixed length.
- The time during which legal courts are open.
- Certain days on which rent is paid.
- With respect to a pregnancy, the period during which birth usually happens (approximately 40 weeks from conception).
- (of a patent) The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
- (archaic) A menstrual period.
- 1660, Samuel Pepys, Diary
- My wife, after the absence of her terms for seven weeks, gave me hopes of her being with child, but on the last day of the year she hath them again.
- 1660, Samuel Pepys, Diary
- (mathematics) Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
- (logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
- The subject and predicate of a proposition are, after Aristotle, together called its terms or extremes.
- (astrology) An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.
- (art) A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal. [from 17th c.]
- 1773, Joshua Reynolds, in John Ingamells, John Edgcumbe (eds.), The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Yale 2000, p. 42:
- You have been already informed, I have no doubt, of the subject which we have chosen: the adorning a Term of Hymen with festoons of flowers.
- 1773, Joshua Reynolds, in John Ingamells, John Edgcumbe (eds.), The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Yale 2000, p. 42:
- (nautical) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
- The Cabin is large and commodious, well calculated for the Accommodation of Pa?engers. Merchandi?e, Produce, &c. carried on the lowe?t Terms.[1]
Hyponyms
- blanket term
- collective term
- umbrella term
- (part of a year): trimester, semester, quarter
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- idiom
- lexeme
- listeme
- word
Verb
term (third-person singular simple present terms, present participle terming, simple past and past participle termed)
- To phrase a certain way; to name or call.
Synonyms
- describe as, designate, dub, name, refer to; see also Thesaurus:denominate
Adjective
term (not comparable)
- (medicine, colloquial) Born or delivered at term.
References
- term on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Clipping of terminal.
Noun
term (plural terms)
- (computing, informal) A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
Etymology 3
Short for terminate, termination, terminated employee, etc.
Verb
term (third-person singular simple present terms, present participle terming, simple past and past participle termed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To terminate one's employment
Synonyms
- axe, fire, sack; see also Thesaurus:lay off
Noun
term (plural terms)
- One whose employment has been terminated
Further reading
- term in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- term in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Albanian
Etymology
From ter.
Noun
term m (indefinite plural terma, definite singular terma, definite plural termat)
- foundation, plot of land
Related terms
- ter
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?rm
Noun
term m (plural termen, diminutive termpje n)
- term; A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.
- (mathematics) term; One of the addends in a sum
Derived terms
- termsgewijs
Anagrams
- remt
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin terminus, via French terme and English term
Noun
term m (definite singular termen, indefinite plural termer, definite plural termene)
- a term (word or phrase)
References
- “term” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin terminus, via French terme and English term
Noun
term m (definite singular termen, indefinite plural termar, definite plural termane)
- a term (word or phrase)
References
- “term” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
term c
- a term (a well-defined word or phrase, in a terminology)
- (mathematics) a term (an operand in addition or subtraction)
- singular of termer (“thermae, Roman baths”) (a facility for bathing in ancient Rome)
Declension
Related terms
- fackterm
- termbank
- terminologi
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