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Notation and Portion

notation

noun

  • A technical system of symbols used to represent special things.
  • A comment or instruction (usually added. )
    • usage: "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope"
  • The activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters. .
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portion

noun

  • Something determined in relation to something that includes it.
    • usage: "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"
  • Something less than the whole of a human artifact.
    • usage: "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
  • The allotment of some amount by dividing something.
    • usage: "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"
  • Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group.
    • usage: "he wanted his share in cash"
  • Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you. )
    • usage: "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
  • Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage.
  • An individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal.
    • usage: "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each"

verb

  • Give out.
    • usage: "We were assigned new uniforms"
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