I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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glass
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Through the glass partition they would see the pharmacologist busy in the dispensary.
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She stood against the glass partition by the double-leaved doors with the violin and the suitcase wedged behind her calves.
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Of the many directives gummed to the glass partition , one took the trouble to thank me for not smoking.
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I had begun to feel that there was some sort of glass partition between me and the rest of the world.
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No glass partition , much less chance of Creed noticing anything unusual.
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They are linked by a glass partition door which may be opened if required.
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A glass partition in the typing-pool imploded with a shattering roar.
wall
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Then I heard quiet footsteps moving behind the partition wall .
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There was a card game next door whose progress he could hear through the partition wall .
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Larry knocked down the partition wall between the dining-room and the kitchen.
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One way of tackling the conversion is to build a stud partition wall .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He said they had national characteristics and that partition would be disastrous.
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I almost do not hear the women pleading behind the partition .
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Now they slept with Timmy's cot wedged between the partition and his bed.
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Richard, like a good commander, sensed the uneasiness of the meeting, even through the solid teak partition .
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The soldiers, so far, had also not taken behind the partition any women with children.
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Then I heard quiet footsteps moving behind the partition wall.
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When a new item is to be added to the partition , it is added at the top.
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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
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Korea was partitioned at the 38th Parallel after World War II.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A makeshift chapel is partitioned off in the corner of the lowest security dorm.
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A section at the back of the warehouse was partitioned off.
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At that time the country was partitioned among wartime allied powers.
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Drive 1, the primary master, is partitioned into three.
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For large networks, multiple boards can be used to partition the computations even more.
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Their aim was to partition the set of pictures by the shapes of the engines and wagons.