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— E.E. Cummings

It is said that if the dead who died in the Great

War were placed head to feet, they would stretch

from New York to San Francisco, and from San

Francisco back again to New York; and if those

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Dictionary Entry

apportions

Part of Speechverb

To divide and distribute portions of a whole.

In a Sentence

“The controlling party had apportioned the voting districts such that their party would be favored in the next election.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

blame apportionsliability apportionsincome apportionsapportions god
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Synonyms

allocateallotdispenseparcel outshare out

Antonyms

amassconcentrateconsolidategatherreassemble

Related Words

divvy updealportion outshareallocatescirculatesclassifies

Poetry examples for “apportions”

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