partition

noun

1 the country's partition into separate states:

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:

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

verb

1 the resolution partitioned Palestine into two states:

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:

subdivide, separate, divide, divide up;

separate off, section, section off, screen off, wall off, fence off.

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