Meaning of "partition" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PARTITION

Via Old French from Latin partītiō, from partīre to divide.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PARTITION

partition  [pɑːˈtɪʃən]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARTITION

Partition is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb partition in English.

WHAT DOES PARTITION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of partition in the English dictionary

The first definition of partition in the dictionary is a division into parts; separation. Other definition of partition is something that separates, such as a large screen dividing a room in two. Partition is also a part or share.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PARTITION

PRESENT

Present

I partition

you partition

he/she/it partitions

we partition

you partition

they partition

Present continuous

I am partitioning

you are partitioning

he/she/it is partitioning

we are partitioning

you are partitioning

they are partitioning

Present perfect

I have partitioned

you have partitioned

he/she/it has partitioned

we have partitioned

you have partitioned

they have partitioned

Present perfect continuous

I have been partitioning

you have been partitioning

he/she/it has been partitioning

we have been partitioning

you have been partitioning

they have been partitioning

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I partitioned

you partitioned

he/she/it partitioned

we partitioned

you partitioned

they partitioned

Past continuous

I was partitioning

you were partitioning

he/she/it was partitioning

we were partitioning

you were partitioning

they were partitioning

Past perfect

I had partitioned

you had partitioned

he/she/it had partitioned

we had partitioned

you had partitioned

they had partitioned

Past perfect continuous

I had been partitioning

you had been partitioning

he/she/it had been partitioning

we had been partitioning

you had been partitioning

they had been partitioning

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will partition

you will partition

he/she/it will partition

we will partition

you will partition

they will partition

Future continuous

I will be partitioning

you will be partitioning

he/she/it will be partitioning

we will be partitioning

you will be partitioning

they will be partitioning

Future perfect

I will have partitioned

you will have partitioned

he/she/it will have partitioned

we will have partitioned

you will have partitioned

they will have partitioned

Future perfect continuous

I will have been partitioning

you will have been partitioning

he/she/it will have been partitioning

we will have been partitioning

you will have been partitioning

they will have been partitioning

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would partition

you would partition

he/she/it would partition

we would partition

you would partition

they would partition

Conditional continuous

I would be partitioning

you would be partitioning

he/she/it would be partitioning

we would be partitioning

you would be partitioning

they would be partitioning

Conditional perfect

I would have partition

you would have partition

he/she/it would have partition

we would have partition

you would have partition

they would have partition

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been partitioning

you would have been partitioning

he/she/it would have been partitioning

we would have been partitioning

you would have been partitioning

they would have been partitioning

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you partition
we let´s partition
you partition

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to partition

Past participle

partitioned

Present Participle

partitioning

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PARTITION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «partition» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of partition

allotment · apportion · apportionment · barrier · cut up · distribution · divide · divider · dividing · division · portion · room divider · screen · section · segment · segregation · separate · separation · severance · share · split up · splitting · subdivide · wall

TRANSLATION OF PARTITION

Find out the translation of partition to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of partition from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «partition» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 分隔物
• Translator English - Spanish: mampara
• English: partition
• Translator English - Hindi: विभाजन
• Translator English - Arabic: التقسيم
• Translator English - Russian: раздел
• Translator English - Portuguese: divisão
• Translator English - Bengali: পার্টিশন
• Translator English - French: cloison
• Translator English - Malay: Partition
• Translator English - German: Trennwand
• Translator English - Japanese: >仕切り
• Translator English - Korean: 칸막이
• Translator English - Javanese: Partisi
• Translator English - Vietnamese: phân vùng
• Translator English - Tamil: பகிர்வு
• Translator English - Marathi: विभाजन
• Translator English - Turkish: bölme
• Translator English - Italian: tramezzo
• Translator English - Polish: partycja
• Translator English - Ukrainian: розділ
• Translator English - Romanian: partiție
• Translator English - Greek: διαμέρισμα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: verdeling
• Translator English - Swedish: skiljevägg
• Translator English - Norwegian: partisjon

4 QUOTES WITH «PARTITION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word partition.

1

Park Geun-hye

National partition is a sorrow that touches all Koreans, but for me it is brought to the fore by unimaginable personal suffering.

2

Henry Lawson

And opposite the bench, the dock, divided by a partition, with the women to the left and the men to the right, as it is on the stairs or the block in polite society.

3

Fatos Nano

We have gone through everything as a nation - partition, dictatorship, and even anarchy.

4

Shimon Peres

And in England there has always been something deeply pro-Arab, of course, not among all Englishmen, and anti-Israeli, in the establishment. They abstained in the 1947 UN partition resolution... They maintained an arms embargo against us in the 1950s... They always worked against us. They think the Arabs are the underdogs.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARTITION»

Discover the use of partition in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to partition and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan

Examines the context, execution and aftermath of partition, integrating the knowledge of political manoeuvres with an understanding of their fundamental social and cultural consequences.

Yasmin Khan, 2007

Unsettling Partition: Literature, Gender, Memory

Unsettling Partitions reinterprets the silences found in women?s accounts of sectarian violence that accompanied Partition as a sign of their inability to find a language to articulate their experience without invoking metaphors of purity ...

Jill Didur, 2006

The Aftermath of Partition in South Asia

The Aftermath of Partition in South Asia draws upon new theoretical insights and fresh bodies of data to historically reappraise partition in the light of its long aftermath.

Tai Yong Tan, 2000

From Plassey to Partition: A History of Modern India

From Plassey to Partition is an eminently readable account of the emergence of India as a nation.

Śekhara Bandyopādhyāẏa, 2004

Remembering Partition: Violence, Nationalism and History in ...

A compelling and harrowing examination of the violence that marked the Partition of India.

Gyanendra Pandey, 2001

Bengal Partition Stories: An Unclosed Chapter

'This is an astonishing book which reminds us insistently that in order to forget, we have to remember.

Bashabi Fraser, 2008

Octanol-Water Partition Coefficients: Fundamentals and ...

This book describes methods used for obtaining accurate LogKow values as well as outlining the principles behind the use of such data.

J. Sangster, 1997

South Asian Partition Fiction in English: From Khushwant ...

Aan de hand van zes romans, van onder andere Salman Rushdie, laat Roy zien welke factoren bepalend zijn geweest voor de grote thema's en verhaallijnen in deze romans.

Rituparna Roy, 2010

Combinatorial Set Theory: Partition Relations for Cardinals: ...

This work presents the most important combinatorial ideas in partition calculus and discusses ordinary partition relations for cardinals without the assumption of the generalized continuum hypothesis.

P. Erdös, A. Máté, A. Hajnal, 2011

Border Lines: The Partition of Judaeo-Christianity

. . . In a fruitful career not yet nearly over, Border Lines, the culmination of many years of work, may well remain Daniel Boyarin's masterpiece."—Jack Miles, Commonweal

Daniel Boyarin, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARTITION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term partition is used in the context of the following news items.

How Pakistan would view Abul Kalam Azad and Deoband School

A significant section of Indians believe the nationalist Muslim leader opposed the Partition because he felt territorial nationalism had no place in ... «DailyO, Jul 15»

Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition

Every generation of Indians and Pakistanis should confront and try to understand the brutal chaos and bloody riots from which their two nations ... «Caixin Media, Jul 15»

Memorial demanded for Partition victims

"There is no end to the pain, and the last generation of Partition victims has crossed the age of 70. Do we want all those who suffered during ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»

Need Help Extending my NTFS partition

I recently installed a Linux distro on the same hard drive, but different partition. I was going to delete the OS. When I booted back into Windows, ... «Tom's Hardware, Jul 15»

Saugerties police suspect attempted arson on Partition St.

Saugerties Police believe someone planned to set a vacant Partition St. building on fire Monday, July 20 and would have done so if police ... «Saugerties Times, Jul 15»

Today's generation does not see Partition the way I do: Artist Krishen …

His art ranges across many references, from the trauma of Partition to the grandiose bandwallahs. Each of his subjects still turn up on his ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»

The Sky Below: Walking the line that divides

It is Hajari's aim in Midnight's Furies to explain how the politics of Partition led to a catastrophe beyond what the leaders on either side had ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»

How Mountbatten Called Jinnah a Psychopath: New Book Revisits …

The roots of Pakistan's siege mentality today goes back to 1947, says author Nisid Hajari on why he chose Partition as the subject of his debut ... «NDTV, Jul 15»

2900 Partition families finally get chance to register property

Dehradun: Justice has finally been served for nearly 2,900 families who migrated from Pakistan to the city during Partition but have had to wait ... «Times of India, Jul 15»

'Partition continues to cast a long shadow even today'

The Partition of India and Pakistan is a much documented horror and several books, movies and documentaries have been themed around it. «The Statesman, Jul 15»