apportionment
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state
Types & categories
- distribution hypernym
- grant hyponym
- reallotment hyponym
- deal hyponym
- rationing hyponym
- parcel hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | portion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | allocate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispense |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | parcel |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | distribution |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reallotment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rationing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | parcel |