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portioning

portioning is the present participle and gerund of portion.

Meaning of portion

Verb

portion (third-person singular simple present portions, present participle portioning, simple past and past participle portioned)

  1. (transitive) To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
  2. (transitive) To endow with a portion or inheritance.
    • Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest.1733, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Bathurst

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Phrases with portioning

Questions about portioning

What is portioning the present participle and gerund of?
Portioning is the present participle and gerund of portion.

Words near portioning in the dictionary

  1. portioned off
  2. portioned out
  3. portioner
  4. portioners
  5. portioneth
  6. portioning
  7. portioning off
  8. portioning out
  9. portionist
  10. portionists
  11. portionless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: portioning (page history and authors); portion (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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