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Synonyms of partition in English:

partition


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noun

1‘the country's partition into separate states’

SYNONYMS
dividing up, partitioning, separation, division, dividing, subdivision, splitting, splitting up, split-up, breaking up, break-up, parting, segregation, severance
rare partitionment

2‘the room was divided by partitions’

SYNONYMS
screen, divider, room divider, dividing wall, barrier, wall, fence, panel, separator

verb

1‘the resolution partitioned Palestine into two states’

SYNONYMS
divide, divide up, subdivide, separate, split, split up, cut up, carve up, break up, sever, segregate
share, share out, parcel out, portion, portion out

2‘the huge halls and corridors have been partitioned’

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subdivide, separate, divide, divide up
separate off, section, section off, screen off, wall off, fence off