portioned
USPOR-shuhnd/ˈpɔɹʃənd/UKPAW-shuhnd/ˈpɔːʃənd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of portion.
The chef portioned the risotto carefully before sending each plate out.
Rations were portioned out to every family in the village.
Note
A single regular spelling covers both the past tense and the past participle of portion. Used on its own it is the past tense (she portioned the soup). After have or be it is the participle (the soup was portioned; they had portioned it). Both meanings of the verb carry over: dividing something into amounts, and endowing someone with a share or inheritance, as when a daughter is portioned with land.
portioned is a form of portion
portion, verb: To divide something into amounts, as when allocating it to specific people or purposes. Full entry
- Forms
- portionportions he/she/itportioning -ing formportioned past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- portion → portioned: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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