partition /pɑ:'tiʃәn/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
• (n.) (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit
• (n.) (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism

Chinese translation

• n. 分割, 隔离物, 隔墙, 财产分割
• vt. 区分, 瓜分, 隔开, 分割
• [计] 分区; 划分

Word details

Part of speech

noun / verb

Pronunciation

/pɑ:'tiʃәn/

Syllables

3

Exam levels

CET-6 · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 3.67 · Super Rare

Word forms

partitioned, partitioning, partitions

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