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portions out

portions out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of portion out.

Meaning of portion out

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To distribute in portions or shares; to apportion or allot.
    • Great crowds turned out to watch the carcass portioned out. The butchering itself was rough and inexpert, conducted rapidly with a serrated knife on the side of the road.2026 April 21, Cal Flyn, “On the trail with the hunters who believe shooting big game can save Africa’s wildlife”, in The Guardian

Questions about portions out

What is portions out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Portions out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of portion out.

Words near portions out in the dictionary

  1. portionist
  2. portionists
  3. portionless
  4. portions
  5. portions off
  6. portions out
  7. portionwise
  8. portise
  9. portises
  10. Portishead
  11. portière

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Adapted from Wiktionary: portions out (page history and authors); portion out (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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