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PARTITION OFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does partition off mean?
• PARTITION OFF (verb)
The verb PARTITION OFF has 1 sense:
1. divide into parts, pieces, or sections
Familiarity information: PARTITION OFF used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Divide into parts, pieces, or sections
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
partition; partition off
Context example:
The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British
Hypernyms (to "partition off" is one way to...):
divide; part; separate (come apart)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "partition off"):
pound; pound off (partition off into compartments)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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