noun
partition
pah-TIH-shuhn
noun
1
A wall or screen that divides a room or space into separate sections.
"A thin partition separated the two offices."
2
The division of a country or territory into separate, independently governed parts.
"The partition of the country in 1947 displaced millions of people."
3
A separately formatted section of a computer's hard drive.
"He resized the disk partition to make room for a second operating system."
verb
1
To divide something into separate parts or sections.
"They partitioned the large room with a folding screen."
"The country was partitioned along religious lines."
How to Use Partition
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA dividing wall, or the act of splitting something — a room, a country, or a hard drive — into separate parts.
Common pairings
partition a room
partition of India
disk partition
Word Forms
partitioned past tense, partitions plural, partitions singular
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Etymology
From Latin partitio, "division," from partire, "to divide."