partition
/pɑɹˈtɪ.ʃən/ verb C2- To divide something into parts, sections or shares. · to partition a hard drive
- To divide a region or country into two or more territories with separate political status. · Poland was progressively partitioned by Russia, Austria, and Prussia in the late 18th century.
- To separate or divide a room by a partition (ex. a wall), often use with off.
He/she/it partitions · Past partitioned · Past participle partitioned · -ing form partitioning
Verb forms
- Base form
- partition
- He/she/it
- partitions
- Past
- partitioned
- Past participle
- partitioned
- -ing form
- partitioning
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“I resolved to set out, and did set out at that very instant, carrying with me the beginning of my great work, the unity of the Italian kingdom; but for some time the imperial police (who at this period, quite contrary to what Napoleon desired so soon as he had a son born to him, wished for a partition of provinces) had their eyes on me; and my hasty departure, the cause of which they were unable to guess, having aroused their suspicions, I was arrested at the very moment I was leaving Piombino.
A lath-and-plaster partition had been run across the passage six feet from the end, with a door cunningly concealed in it.
The Villefort vault formed a square of white stones, about twenty feet high; an interior partition separated the two families, and each apartment had its entrance door.
He was not mistaken; peering through the crevices of the wooden partition, he soon discovered the young girl, who cast aside all her usual precautions and walked at once to the barrier.
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