Antonyms for partition
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : pahr-tish-uhn, per- |
| Phonetic Transcription : pɑrˈtɪʃ ən, pər- |
Definition of partition
Origin :- early 15c., "division into shares, distinction," from Old French particion (12c.), from Latin partitionem (nominative partitio) "a sharing, division, partition, distribution; method of dividing," from past participle stem of partire "to part" (see part (v.)). Sense of "that which separates" first recorded late 15c.
- noun divider, division
- verb divide, separate
- Here is the partition at my ear down in the deep on the lee side.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- There was complete silence on the other side of the partition.
- Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy
- All this time he stood on the other side of the partition and prayed.
- Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy
- However, one evening in January she knocked with both her fists against the partition.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- I would have shot you that day through the partition, but unfortunately you were not there.
- Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- A company of men gossiped at the other side of the partition.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- He had witnessed the downfall of Pitt and the partition of Poland.
- Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
- She went to the partition door, opened it and peeped into her father's room.
- Extract from : « A Bride of the Plains » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
- Rumours of partition have reached us from the great Cabinets.
- Extract from : « The Traitors » by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
- They could, however, look through the partition and see what there was within.
- Extract from : « Rollo in Paris » by Jacob Abbott
Synonyms for partition
- allotment
- apportion
- apportionment
- barrier
- cut
- cut in
- cut into
- cut up
- deal
- detachment
- disburse
- disconnection
- dispense
- disperse
- dissolution
- distribute
- distribution
- disunion
- dividing
- divvy up
- dole out
- fence off
- hindrance
- measure out
- obstruction
- parcel out
- parting
- portion
- rationing
- rupture
- screen
- section
- segment
- segregation
- separate
- separation
- severance
- share
- size into
- slice
- split
- split up
- splitting
- subdivide
- wall
- wall off
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