Meanings
present singular third person apportions · participle present apportioning · participle past apportioned · past apportioned
- transitiveTo divide and distribute portions of a whole.
The controlling party had apportioned the voting districts such that their party would be favored in the next election.
Synonyms: allocate, allot, dispense, parcel out, share out
- transitiveSpecifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.
The children were required to dump all of their Halloween candy on the table so that their parents could apportion it among them.
1 more example
The Good Friday Agreement did not, and could not, apportion blame for the Troubles, in which, as in so many such conflicts, one side’s terrorist is the other’s hero.
2023 April 10, The Editorial Board, “Biden’s Trip to Northern Ireland and the Power of Diplomacy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo divide and distribute portions of a whole.
divide and distribute
More synonyms by meaning
verbdistribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
verbgive out as one's portion or share
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinad
- Late Latinapportionare
- Old Frenchaporcioner
- Middle Frenchapportionner
- Englishapportion
From Middle French apportionner, from Old French aporcioner, from Late Latin apportionare, from Latin ad + portio. By surface analysis, ap- + portion.
More words from Middle French, Old French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian разпределям, разделям
- разпределям (razpredeljam)to divide and distribute portions of a whole
- разделям (razdeljam)to allocate proportionally
Esperanto onigi
- onigito divide and distribute portions of a whole
Finnish jakaa, annostella
- jakaato divide and distribute portions of a whole
- annostellato divide and distribute portions of a whole
- jakaato allocate proportionally
- tasatato allocate proportionally
French partager, répartir
- partagerto divide and distribute portions of a whole
- répartirto divide and distribute portions of a whole
German aufteilen, proportional aufteilen
- aufteilento divide and distribute portions of a whole
- proportional aufteilento allocate proportionally
Hindi आवंटन करना
- आवंटन करना (āvaṇṭan karnā)to allocate proportionally
Latin discribō
- discribōto divide and distribute portions of a whole
Māori whakainati, tūtangatanga
- whakainatito divide and distribute portions of a whole
- tūtangatangato divide and distribute portions of a whole
Persian تقسیم کردن, تسهیم کردن
- تقسیم کردن (taqsim kardan)to divide and distribute portions of a whole
- تسهیم کردن (tashim kardan)to allocate proportionally
Portuguese repartir, repartir
- repartirto divide and distribute portions of a whole
- repartirto allocate proportionally
Romanian distribui, aloca
- distribuito divide and distribute portions of a whole
- alocato divide and distribute portions of a whole
- repartizato divide and distribute portions of a whole
- repartizato allocate proportionally
Russian дели́ть, разделя́ть
- дели́ть (delítʹ)to divide and distribute portions of a whole
- разделя́ть (razdeljátʹ)to divide and distribute portions of a whole
- распределя́ть (raspredeljátʹ)to divide and distribute portions of a whole
Spanish distribuir, repartir
- distribuirto divide and distribute portions of a whole
- repartirto divide and distribute portions of a whole
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with apportion
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Cite this entry
apportion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apportion
“apportion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apportion. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apportion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apportion.
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