PARTITION


Meaning of PARTITION in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

glass

Through the glass partition they would see the pharmacologist busy in the dispensary.

She stood against the glass partition by the double-leaved doors with the violin and the suitcase wedged behind her calves.

Of the many directives gummed to the glass partition , one took the trouble to thank me for not smoking.

I had begun to feel that there was some sort of glass partition between me and the rest of the world.

No glass partition , much less chance of Creed noticing anything unusual.

They are linked by a glass partition door which may be opened if required.

A glass partition in the typing-pool imploded with a shattering roar.

wall

Then I heard quiet footsteps moving behind the partition wall .

There was a card game next door whose progress he could hear through the partition wall .

Larry knocked down the partition wall between the dining-room and the kitchen.

One way of tackling the conversion is to build a stud partition wall .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He said they had national characteristics and that partition would be disastrous.

I almost do not hear the women pleading behind the partition .

Now they slept with Timmy's cot wedged between the partition and his bed.

Richard, like a good commander, sensed the uneasiness of the meeting, even through the solid teak partition .

The soldiers, so far, had also not taken behind the partition any women with children.

Then I heard quiet footsteps moving behind the partition wall.

When a new item is to be added to the partition , it is added at the top.

When we hear Frau Braun coming, I hastily drop the gauze over the cradle and hide behind the partition .

II. verb

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Korea was partitioned at the 38th Parallel after World War II.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A makeshift chapel is partitioned off in the corner of the lowest security dorm.

A section at the back of the warehouse was partitioned off.

At that time the country was partitioned among wartime allied powers.

Drive 1, the primary master, is partitioned into three.

For large networks, multiple boards can be used to partition the computations even more.

Their aim was to partition the set of pictures by the shapes of the engines and wagons.

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