Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to portion out
Participle: portioned out
Gerund: portioning out
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | portion out |
| you | portion out |
| he;she;it | portions out |
| we | portion out |
| you | portion out |
| they | portion out |
Perfect
| I | have portioned out |
| you | have portioned out |
| he;she;it | has portioned out |
| we | have portioned out |
| you | have portioned out |
| they | have portioned out |
Past
| I | portioned out |
| you | portioned out |
| he;she;it | portioned out |
| we | portioned out |
| you | portioned out |
| they | portioned out |
Pluperfect
| I | had portioned out |
| you | had portioned out |
| he;she;it | had portioned out |
| we | had portioned out |
| you | had portioned out |
| they | had portioned out |
Future
| I | will portion out |
| you | will portion out |
| he;she;it | will portion out |
| we | will portion out |
| you | will portion out |
| they | will portion out |
Future Perfect
| I | will have portioned out |
| you | will have portioned out |
| he;she;it | will have portioned out |
| we | will have portioned out |
| you | will have portioned out |
| they | will have portioned out |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | portion out |
| you | portion out |
| he;she;it | portion out |
| we | portion out |
| you | portion out |
| they | portion out |
Perfect
| I | have portioned out |
| you | have portioned out |
| he;she;it | have portioned out |
| we | have portioned out |
| you | have portioned out |
| they | have portioned out |
Imperfect
| I | portioned out |
| you | portioned out |
| he;she;it | portioned out |
| we | portioned out |
| you | portioned out |
| they | portioned out |
Pluperfect
| I | had portioned out |
| you | had portioned out |
| he;she;it | had portioned out |
| we | had portioned out |
| you | had portioned out |
| they | had portioned out |
Conditional
Present
| I | would portion out |
| you | would portion out |
| he;she;it | would portion out |
| we | would portion out |
| you | would portion out |
| they | would portion out |
Perfect
| I | would have portioned out |
| you | would have portioned out |
| he;she;it | would have portioned out |
| we | would have portioned out |
| you | would have portioned out |
| they | would have portioned out |
Imperative
| you | portion out |
| we | Let's portion out |
| you | portion out |
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:]