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Meanings of portion in English

Portuguese
circunstâncias
Catalan
ventura
Spanish
destino
Wikidata

Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

circunstâncias
Portuguese
porção
Catalan
component
Spanish
parte

Something determined in relation to something that includes it.

porção
Synonyms
Examples for "lot"
Examples for "lot"
1
At the moment GPs know a lot about families, especially problem ones.
The Guardian
2
But there's also a lot of hard work involved, often physical work.
Wired
3
There is a lot of energy from Israel to Europe, Margalit said.
Reuters
4
I just really want to let a lot of people ask questions.
The new yorker
5
He said: A lot of good things came from that second innings.
The Guardian
1
This could relate to a situation, recent news or change of circumstances.
The South African
2
Let me address this directly: First, there are special circumstances this year.
The Guardian
3
But in 2020, given the circumstances, that number is of course greater.
Radio NZ
4
This value judgment is questionable in many important circumstances in public health.
Pubmed
5
However, the survey of daily use reveals benefit only in certain circumstances.
Pubmed
1
An over-the-counter equity market, the New Third Board, saw a similar fate.
Reuters
2
Six weeks on, the government has yet to confirm the students' fate.
Reuters
3
We may ask for His help, but we must accept our fate.
New york: the novel
4
Likewise British ministers held crisis talks to discuss the fate of Carillion.
Reuters
5
However, the ultimate fate of the surviving sheep is still in question.
The Guardian
1
Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.
The South African
2
My grandmother, by good fortune, was not quite in the same situation.
Agahta christie: an autobiography
3
The number 8 is particularly auspicious, symbolizing sudden prosperity and good fortune.
The everything chinese cookbook: from wonton soup to sweet and s...
4
A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year.
Pride and Prejudice
5
He lost his home, his family, his law practice, and his fortune.
Forgiving ararat
1
Maybe it was a local gesture meaning good luck and good health.
Man in the Middle
2
Good luck if you want to rely on the public health system.
News.com.au
3
I checked here about a year ago and, of course, no luck.
The Silent Sister
4
Good luck avoiding the appearance of turnabout, however legally legitimate the process.
NY Magazine
5
The peas are supposed to bring good luck for the coming year.
The cook's illustrated how-to-cook library
1
I pose this simple question: is our destiny with Europe or not?
The Guardian
2
Thus ended a day memorable to me; it decided my future destiny.
Frankenstein, or the modern Prometheus
3
Now he had found his true purpose; destiny had led him here.
Revelation
4
The power behind the message is that we can control our destiny.
Ebony
5
Many young men started down a false path to their true destiny.
The Godfather
Portuguese
parte
Catalan
tros
Spanish
parte

Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group.

parte
Portuguese
dote
Catalan
dot
Spanish
dote

Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage.

dote
Usage of portion in English
1
The next portion involves risk by building businesses and hiring good people.
Reuters
2
Well, let me go back to the second portion of my question.
The new yorker
3
Single-family homes account for a large portion of the home resale market.
Reuters
4
Air conditioning is a major portion of peak energy use, he said.
Reuters
5
The contractile vacuole is in the anterior neck-like portion of the body.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole / Bulletin of the United States ...
6
Up in Scotland, however, yesterday's portion of plot was far less straightforward.
The Irish Times
7
The 2011, updated Irish food pyramid offers good portion advice, she says.
The Irish Times
8
They exist mostly in the mountains in the northern portion of Arizona.
Building a State in Apache Land
9
The main facts are included in the portion of the opinion cited:
Forty Centuries of Ink / Or, A chronological narrative concernin...
10
Another great thing about food prep is that it controls portion size.
News.com.au
11
India's portion has been plagued by separatist violence since the late 1980s.
Reuters
12
A portion of the gas escaped and was collected in the jar.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 / Scientific Papers (Physiology, ...
13
A portion of the new equity went to meeting regulatory capital requirements.
Reuters
14
A considerable portion of society has always supported him in these ideas.
Crime: Its Cause and Treatment
15
The greater portion of the support battalion is also in the ravine.
Fields of Victory
16
The only portion of the product available right now is the trailer.
Wired
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Translations for portion
Portion through the time
Portion across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
South Africa
Common
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