Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to partition
Participle: partitioned
Gerund: partitioning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | partition |
| you | partition |
| he;she;it | partitions |
| we | partition |
| you | partition |
| they | partition |
Perfect
| I | have partitioned |
| you | have partitioned |
| he;she;it | has partitioned |
| we | have partitioned |
| you | have partitioned |
| they | have partitioned |
Past
| I | partitioned |
| you | partitioned |
| he;she;it | partitioned |
| we | partitioned |
| you | partitioned |
| they | partitioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had partitioned |
| you | had partitioned |
| he;she;it | had partitioned |
| we | had partitioned |
| you | had partitioned |
| they | had partitioned |
Future
| I | will partition |
| you | will partition |
| he;she;it | will partition |
| we | will partition |
| you | will partition |
| they | will partition |
Future Perfect
| I | will have partitioned |
| you | will have partitioned |
| he;she;it | will have partitioned |
| we | will have partitioned |
| you | will have partitioned |
| they | will have partitioned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | partition |
| you | partition |
| he;she;it | partition |
| we | partition |
| you | partition |
| they | partition |
Perfect
| I | have partitioned |
| you | have partitioned |
| he;she;it | have partitioned |
| we | have partitioned |
| you | have partitioned |
| they | have partitioned |
Imperfect
| I | partitioned |
| you | partitioned |
| he;she;it | partitioned |
| we | partitioned |
| you | partitioned |
| they | partitioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had partitioned |
| you | had partitioned |
| he;she;it | had partitioned |
| we | had partitioned |
| you | had partitioned |
| they | had partitioned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would partition |
| you | would partition |
| he;she;it | would partition |
| we | would partition |
| you | would partition |
| they | would partition |
Perfect
| I | would have partitioned |
| you | would have partitioned |
| he;she;it | would have partitioned |
| we | would have partitioned |
| you | would have partitioned |
| they | would have partitioned |
Imperative
| you | partition |
| we | Let's partition |
| you | partition |
Verbs conjugated like 'partition'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'partition'
bipartition,
departition,
petition,
repartition,
ambition,
audition,
paction,
pavilion,
portion,
position,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to split into two or more parts
- becut, discerp, disintegrate, dispart, dissever, divide, divorce, part, piecemeal, rescind, section, sever, split, split up, sunder
- divide
- apportion, portion, separate, share
Antonyms
- divide
- combine, connect, attach, couple
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1430, "division into shares, distinction," from O.Fr.
particion, from L.
partitionem (nom.
partitio) "division, portion," from
partitus, pp. of
partire "to part" (see part (v.)). Sense of "that which separates" first recorded 1486. The verb is from 1741.
2. 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)”). See: Latin '
partitio'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] the outside; and a caravan at a fair, viewed from within: the gentlemen being accommodated, as the spectators usually are, in one of those locomotive museums of penny wonders; and the ladies being partitioned off by a red curtain, after the manner of the dwarfs and giants in the same establishments, whose private lives are passed in rather close exclusiveness.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Within, there is one long narrow cabin, the whole length of the boat; from which the state-rooms open, on both sides. A small portion of it at the stern is partitioned off for the ladies; and the bar is at the opposite extreme. There is a long table down the centre, and at either end a stove. The washing apparatus is forward, on the deck. It is a little better [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)