Past tense of partition

Forms of partition

Partitioned in a sentence

• Poland was progressively partitioned by Russia, Austria, and Prussia in the late 18th century.
• In the kitchen, partly partitioned by a curtain, the cateress and her helper were busy.2015, Joan Williams, Lisa C. Hickman, Remembering: Joan Williams' Uncollected Pieces. From the entry cateress
• I have a big HD disk partitioned as all DOS.1993 February 4, David Glen Jacobowitz, “Newbish question :”, in comp.os.linux (Usenet), archived from the original on 15 Sep 2025. From the entry newbish
• To reach the further conclusion that the multiverse is roughly partitioned into parallel universes, we must consider interference phenomena involving more than one tangible particle.1998 [1997], David Deutsch, The Fabric of Reality, New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 46. From the entry multiverse
• The way India was partitioned only confirmed the RSS view about Hindu Rashtra which is in keeping with the modern concept of nationalism.1982, Balraj Madhok, Rationale of Hindu State, page 99. From the entry Hindu Rashtra

Meaning of partition

1. noun An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.
2. noun A part of something that has been divided.
3. noun An approach to division in which one asks what the size of each part is, rather than (as in quotition) how many parts there are.

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• Partition in Urdu
• Partition in Bengali

Questions about the past tense of partition

What is the past tense of partition?

The past tense of partition is partitioned.

What is the past participle of partition?

The past participle of partition is partitioned.

Is partition a regular or irregular verb?

Partition is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.