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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

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Noun

S: (n) part (part%1:24:00::), portion (portion%1:24:00::), component part (component_part%1:24:00::), component (component%1:24:00::), constituent (constituent%1:24:00::) (something determined in relation to something that includes it) "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"
S: (n) part (part%1:06:00::), portion (portion%1:06:00::) (something less than the whole of a human artifact) "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
S: (n) parcel (parcel%1:04:00::), portion (portion%1:04:00::), share (share%1:04:00::) (the allotment of some amount by dividing something) "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"
S: (n) share (share%1:21:00::), portion (portion%1:21:00::), part (part%1:21:00::), percentage (percentage%1:21:00::) (assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group) "he wanted his share in cash"
S: (n) fortune (fortune%1:26:00::), destiny (destiny%1:26:00::), fate (fate%1:26:00::), luck (luck%1:26:00::), lot (lot%1:26:00::), circumstances (circumstances%1:26:02::), portion (portion%1:26:00::) (your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)) "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
S: (n) dowry (dowry%1:21:00::), dowery (dowery%1:21:00::), dower (dower%1:21:01::), portion (portion%1:21:01::) (money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage)
S: (n) helping (helping%1:13:00::), portion (portion%1:13:00::), serving (serving%1:13:00::) (an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal) "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each"

Verb

S: (v) assign (assign%2:40:01::), allot (allot%2:40:01::), portion (portion%2:40:00::) (give out) "We were assigned new uniforms"