partition
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4.3
- noun
- /pɑrˈtɪʃən/
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división
- Independence also coincided with partition which divided British controlled India into the two nations of India and Pakistan.
- partition of the country
- a partition plan
- de facto partition
Do you have any plans about making videos about India's partition?
- Do you have any plans about making videos about India's partition?
- We need to negotiate with Saladin over the partition of the Holy Land.
- Meanwhile, British authorities are seeing multiple partition plans bear potentially rotten fruit.
Examples
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The fish tank sat on a partition that separated the living room from the dining room.
Fiction book (2000) -
In the north of Ireland, Ulster Unionists are by far the most successful party, setting the scene for the future partition of the island.
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The partition of the country.
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Okay, it looks like we need a small key to get to the other side of the partition.
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My father was born in India, moved to Pakistan after partition and came to England to study law.
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India's secular tradition, they recalled, had drawn from partition the chilling lesson "that religious politics kills."
Academic text (1995) -
THE UNITED NATIONS WILL PROBABLY VOTE ON PARTITION BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
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The construction crew installed a partition to create separate office spaces within the building.
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After the partition was built, the two businesses could operate independently in the same location.
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She used a tall partition to divide her living room into a cozy reading nook and an entertainment area.
Synonyms
107
2.9
The process of making something into parts or equal parts in math
39
3.6
A separation into parts when something falls apart
10
3.7
The act of splitting something already split into smaller parts
8
3.2
The act of putting things into different groups
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4.9
A split into parts along natural lines, for example in rocks or cells
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6.1
Dividing something into separate parts
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6.0
Dividing something into parts or groups
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8.0
Dividing something into separate parts to keep things organized
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7.9
Breaking a whole into smaller separate parts
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7.0
To divide something into separate parts that work on their own
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8.9
The act of dividing land or other areas into smaller parts
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7.3
To divide something into two equal parts
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9.8
The cutting or splitting of something into parts
A process of dividing something into separate parts to make it easier to manage
The act of dividing something into parts or groups
Dividing something again into new parts or sections
A division of something into two separate parts
The breaking of a group or society into smaller, competing groups
Antonyms
How Divided
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6.3
513
1.3
20
4.3
107
2.9
74
2.5
6
3.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Partition comes from an old Latin word and shares the root part, which means 'part'. So a partition is the action of making parts, dividing or separating something into sections.