partition
noun
[ pɑːˈtɪʃ(ə)n ]
• (especially with reference to a country with separate areas of government) the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts.
• "the country's partition into separate states"
Similar:
dividing up,
partitioning,
separation,
division,
dividing,
subdivision,
splitting,
splitting up,
split-up,
breaking up,
break-up,
parting,
segregation,
severance,
partitionment,
• a structure dividing a space into two parts, especially a light interior wall.
• "the cafe was divided up by glass partitions"
partition
verb
• divide into parts.
• "an agreement was reached to partition the country"
Similar:
divide,
divide up,
subdivide,
separate,
split,
split up,
cut up,
carve up,
break up,
sever,
segregate,
share,
share out,
parcel out,
portion,
portion out,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin partitio(n- ), from partiri ‘divide into parts’.
