Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to portion
Participle: portioned
Gerund: portioning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | portion |
| you | portion |
| he;she;it | portions |
| we | portion |
| you | portion |
| they | portion |
Perfect
| I | have portioned |
| you | have portioned |
| he;she;it | has portioned |
| we | have portioned |
| you | have portioned |
| they | have portioned |
Past
| I | portioned |
| you | portioned |
| he;she;it | portioned |
| we | portioned |
| you | portioned |
| they | portioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had portioned |
| you | had portioned |
| he;she;it | had portioned |
| we | had portioned |
| you | had portioned |
| they | had portioned |
Future
| I | will portion |
| you | will portion |
| he;she;it | will portion |
| we | will portion |
| you | will portion |
| they | will portion |
Future Perfect
| I | will have portioned |
| you | will have portioned |
| he;she;it | will have portioned |
| we | will have portioned |
| you | will have portioned |
| they | will have portioned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | portion |
| you | portion |
| he;she;it | portion |
| we | portion |
| you | portion |
| they | portion |
Perfect
| I | have portioned |
| you | have portioned |
| he;she;it | have portioned |
| we | have portioned |
| you | have portioned |
| they | have portioned |
Imperfect
| I | portioned |
| you | portioned |
| he;she;it | portioned |
| we | portioned |
| you | portioned |
| they | portioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had portioned |
| you | had portioned |
| he;she;it | had portioned |
| we | had portioned |
| you | had portioned |
| they | had portioned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would portion |
| you | would portion |
| he;she;it | would portion |
| we | would portion |
| you | would portion |
| they | would portion |
Perfect
| I | would have portioned |
| you | would have portioned |
| he;she;it | would have portioned |
| we | would have portioned |
| you | would have portioned |
| they | would have portioned |
Imperative
| you | portion |
| we | Let's portion |
| you | portion |
Verbs conjugated like 'portion'
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 'portion'
potion,
apportion,
lotion,
motion,
option,
oration,
paction,
position,
reportion,
action,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, from O.Fr.
porcion (12c.), from L.
portionem (nom.
portio) "share, part," accusative of the noun in the phrase
pro portione "according to the relation (of parts to each other)" (see proportion). The verb meaning "to divide in portions" is recorded from c.1330.
2. Etymology tree
3. Latin portiōder.
4. Old French porcionbor.
5. Middle English porcioun
6. English portion From Middle English porcioun, borrowed from Old French porcion, accusative of Latin portiōnem (“a share, part, portion, relation, proportion”), from portiō, akin to pars (“part”); see part. Compare proportion. See: Latin '
portiō'.
Sample Sentences
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Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest. [1733, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Bathurst:]