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"
- synonyms: part, component part, component, constituent
- Something less than the whole of a human artifact.
- usage: "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
- synonyms: part
- 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"
- synonyms: share, part, percentage
- 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"