preportion

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verb

To divide into individual portions before use.

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Meanings

verbpreportion (third-person singular simple present preportions, present participle preportioning, simple past and past participle preportioned)

present singular third person preportions · participle present preportioning · participle past preportioned · past preportioned

  1. To divide into individual portions before use.

    Take the time to review the menu and identify items that can be preportioned.

    2005, Restaurant Startup & Growth, page 64
    2 more examples

    In the second and fourth weeks, trained servers preportioned kindergarteners' plates with 4 nuggets.

    2013, Issues in Teaching and Education Policy, Research, and Special Topics, →ISBN

    I just wasn't sure if I wanted to devote part of my weekend to chopping veggies, cooking and dicing chicken breasts, and preportioning everything when I wasn't even cooking a meal.

    2016, Brooke Griffin, Skinny Suppers: 125 Lightened-Up, Healthier Meals for Your Family, →ISBN

Origin

From pre- + portion.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

proprotein
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APA

preportion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preportion

MLA

“preportion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preportion. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preportion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preportion.

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