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preportion

preportion verb: to divide into individual portions before use.

Verb

preportion (third-person singular simple present preportions, present participle preportioning, simple past and past participle preportioned)

  1. To divide into individual portions before use.
    • Take the time to review the menu and identify items that can be preportioned.2005, Restaurant Startup & Growth, page 64
    • In the second and fourth weeks, trained servers preportioned kindergarteners' plates with 4 nuggets.2013, Issues in Teaching and Education Policy, Research, and Special Topics, →ISBN

Forms of preportion

third-person singular presentpreportions
present participlepreportioning
past participlepreportioned
pastpreportioned

Origin of preportion

From pre- + portion.

Questions about preportion

What does preportion mean?
Preportion means to divide into individual portions before use.
What part of speech is preportion?
Preportion is a verb.
What is the past tense of preportion?
The past tense of preportion is preportioned.

Words near preportion in the dictionary

  1. prepore
  2. prepores
  3. preport
  4. preported
  5. preporting
  6. preportion
  7. preportioned
  8. preportioning
  9. preportions
  10. preports
  11. prepose

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