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Synonyms and Antonyms of apportion

synonym (synonym of apportion)

  • (noun)
    allot, appropriate, deal, distribute, grant, appoint, assign, dispense, divide, share
    To allot or assign may be to make an arbitrary division; the same is true of distribute or divide. That which is apportioned is given by some fixed ru more.. To allot or assign may be to make an arbitrary division; the same is true of distribute or divide. That which is apportioned is given by some fixed rule, which is meant to be uniform and fair; as, representatives are apportioned among the States according to population. To dispense is to give out freely; as, the sun dispenses light and heat. A thing is appropriated to or for a specific purpose (to which it thus becomes proper, in the original sense of being its own); money appropriated by Congress for one purpose can not be expended for any other. One may apportion what he only holds in trust; he shares what is his own. Compare ALLOT. (noun)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    allocate
    distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    deal, divvy up, portion out, share
    give out as one's portion or share (verb.possession)
     

antonym (antonym of apportion)

  • (noun)
    cling to, consolidate, gather together, receive, collect, divide arbitrarily, keep together, retain

hypernym (apportion IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose (verb.possession)
    allot, assign, portion
    give out (verb.possession)
     
  • give out as one's portion or share (verb.possession)
    distribute, give out, hand out, pass out
    give to several people (verb.possession)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF apportion relation)

  • distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose (verb.possession)
    reallocate, reapportion
    allocate, distribute, or apportion anew (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    ration, ration out
    distribute in rations, as in the army (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    award, present
    give, especially as an honor or reward (verb.possession)
     

entail (entailment relations of apportion)

  • give out as one's portion or share (verb.possession)
    divide, part, separate
    come apart (verb.motion)
     

derivation (.... is derived from apportion)

  • distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose (verb.possession)
    allocation, storage allocation
    (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling
    the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    allocator, distributor
    a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.possession)
    allocation, allotment
    a share set aside for a specific purpose (noun.possession)
     
  • (adj.all)
    allocable, allocatable, apportionable
    capable of being distributed (adj.all)
     
  • give out as one's portion or share (verb.possession)
    deal
    the act of apportioning or distributing something (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    parcel, portion, share
    the allotment of some amount by dividing something (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    share-out, sharing
    a distribution in shares (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    partaker, sharer
    someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share (noun.person)
     
synonym antonym hypernym hyponym entail derivation allot appropriate deal allocate divvy up portion out cling to consolidate receive collect retain allot assign portion distribute reallocate reapportion ration award present divide part separate allocation storage allocation allotment apportioning allocator distributor
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. allot, appropriate, deal, distribute, grant, appoint, assign, dispense, divide, share . allocate . deal, divvy up, portion out, share . cling to, consolidate, gather together, receive, collect, divide arbitrarily, keep together, retain . allot, assign, portion . distribute, give out, hand out, pass out . reallocate, reapportion . ration, ration out . award, present . divide, part, separate . allocation, storage allocation . allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling . allocator, distributor . allocation, allotment . allocable, allocatable, apportionable . deal . parcel, portion, share . share-out, sharing . partaker, sharer


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