Collocations for "portion"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "portion" in context.
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portion
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- eat a [half, full, small, large, kid's] portion
- only a [small, half] portion please
- a [small] portion of [cake, pizza, beef]
- a [bite, kid, giant] -size portion
- a portion of the [show, program, broadcast]
- a portion of the [profits, proceeds, credit] goes to
- [split, divide] (the cake) into equal portions
- get a portion of the [profits]
- a portion of what you said is [true, accurate]
- that's just a portion of what [can, could, will]
- read a portion of the [text, manuscript]
- a [major, minor] portion of the [population]
- comprises a [minor, substantial] portion of the [population, sample]
- the [largest, smallest] portion of
- the [southern] portion of the [state, country]
- portion sizes
- portioned (out) the [food, pizza, cake]
- portioned the [food] out
- portioned the [food] [into, among, amongst]
- portioned the [food] (out) among [themselves, the guests]
- portion (out) the [estate, property, inheritance]
- portion [his children, his heirs, your son]
- (have been) [well, amply, generously] portioned
- portion off [an estate, property, an inheritance, a will]
- portion sizes
'portion' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
resemble
- fruit
- tail
- another
- big
- equal
- even
- extra
- huge
- mean
- large
- individual
- snack
- chip
- dumpling
- rib
- detach
- meek
- midget
- regular
- stingy
- substantial
- tapered
- terminal
- thereof
- upstream
- wee
- decent
- detached
- double
- false
- generous
- hefty
- ladle
- trifle
- mussel
- remaining