partition
/pɑɹˈtɪ.ʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.
Countable; Uncountable
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.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; boundary; dividing line or space.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The severance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "the partitions of Poland"
- "And good from bad find no partition."
- "At the partition of Ireland in 1920, the railway mileage of the whole country stood at its maximum figure of 3,442, of which 2,668 miles were in the South, and 754 in the much smaller North."
- "the Russian Partition"
- "Monarchies where partition isn't prohibited risk weakening through parcellation and civil wars between the heirs."
- "a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions"
Etymology
Recorded c.1430, "division into shares, distinction," from Middle English particioun, from Old French particion (modern partition), from Latin partitio, partitionem (“division, portion”), from partitus, the past participle of partire (“to split (up), part(ition)”).
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɑɹˈtɪ.ʃən/
- British English: /pɑːˈtɪ.ʃən/