Hyphenation of PORTION

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word PORTION? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

POR-TION

Definitions of PORTION:

1.	Something determined in relation to something that includes it 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
2.	Something less than the whole of a human artifact The rear part of the house Glue the two parts together
3.	The allotment of some amount by dividing something Death gets more than its share of attention from theologians
4.	Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group He wanted his share in cash
5.	Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) 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
6.	Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
7.	An individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal The helpings were all small His portion was larger than hers There's enough for two servings each
8.	Give out We were assigned new uniforms

Synonyms of PORTION:

noun	part, component part, component, relation
noun	part, object, physical object
noun	parcel, share, allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
noun	share, part, percentage, assets
noun	fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, condition
noun	helping, serving, small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
verb	assign, allot, distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.