partition
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
divide into parts, pieces, or sections
The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- sectionalization derivation
- partition derivation
- partitionist derivation
Sense 3 noun
(computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit
Types & categories
- computer memory unit hypernym
Related & opposite
- computing domain topic
Sense 4 verb
separate or apportion into sections
partition a room off
Types & categories
- divide hypernym
- screen off hyponym
Related & opposite
- sectionalization derivation
- partition derivation
- zone derivation
Sense 5 noun
(anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- anatomy domain topic
Sense 6 noun
the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
Types & categories
- separation hypernym
- subdivision hyponym
- septation hyponym
- zoning hyponym
Related & opposite
- partitionist derivation
- partition derivation
- section derivation
- partition derivation
- divide derivation
- sectionalize derivation
- divisional derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | partition |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | partition |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | split |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | separate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | structure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | brattice |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bulkhead |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | screen |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wall |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sectionalization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | partition |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | partitionist |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pound off |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | computing |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | computer memory unit |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sectionalization |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | partition |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | zone |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | divide |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | screen off |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | anatomy |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | body part |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | septum |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | partitionist |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | partition |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | section |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | partition |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | divide |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sectionalize |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | divisional |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | separation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | subdivision |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | septation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | zoning |