partition
verb/pɑːˈtɪʃn/
/pɑːrˈtɪʃn/
[often passive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they partition | /pɑːˈtɪʃn/ /pɑːrˈtɪʃn/ |
| he / she / it partitions | /pɑːˈtɪʃnz/ /pɑːrˈtɪʃnz/ |
| past simple partitioned | /pɑːˈtɪʃnd/ /pɑːrˈtɪʃnd/ |
| past participle partitioned | /pɑːˈtɪʃnd/ /pɑːrˈtɪʃnd/ |
| -ing form partitioning | /pɑːˈtɪʃənɪŋ/ /pɑːrˈtɪʃənɪŋ/ |
- to divide something into parts
- partition something to partition a country
- The country was partitioned a year after the elections.
- partition something into something The room is partitioned into three sections.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin partitio(n-), from partiri ‘divide into parts’.
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