portfolio
- noun
- /pɔrtˈfoʊlioʊ/
- The filing of written suggestions and evaluations in the portfolio can support the student teacher's progress throughout the experience.
Examples
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We've tracked this image down and reproduced it for you on the last page of this portfolio.
Academic text (2012) -
Georgy was sitting with Vivienne on the sofa, her leather portfolio open between them.
Fiction book (1995) -
And I also have my little portfolio thing that the, that my college degree came in as well.
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So I returned the portfolio to the Ocean Beach address that you sent it from.
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If for review, the portfolio should be easy to transport, show, and store.
Academic text (2002) -
"When are you going to start writing it?" I touch the small, black portfolio on the table.
Fiction book (1990) -
Each student, with teacher guidance, may develop a portfolio to show progress and achievement.
Academic text (2001) -
If you'll just send my portfolio back.
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So I use this portfolio binder to keep my work on progress, but that's not the way I would show my final work.
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The artist carried her sketches and drawings in a large leather portfolio to the exhibition.
Synonyms
A box or container for holding and carrying things like bottles
A flat case with a handle for carrying papers or a laptop
A shallow rectangular case for carrying documents
A flat rectangular bag with a hard frame for carrying papers
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Morphology
Etymology
Portfolio comes from two parts, port- meaning 'to carry' and folio meaning 'page' or 'leaf'. It was originally a flat case for carrying sheets of paper, which is why a portfolio is a leather case for documents.