partition

A wall or screen that separates one part of a room from another.

• A partition separates the two desks.
• They installed glass partitions in the office.
• We removed the wooden partition to make one large room.

Similar words: divider, screen, dividing wall

Common phrases: glass partition, room partition, movable partition

The division of a country or region into separate areas with their own governments.

• Partition created two separate countries.
• Many families moved after the partition of India.
• The leaders opposed the partition of their country.

Similar words: division, splitting

Opposites: unification

Common phrases: partition of india, territorial partition

One of the parts left after something larger has been divided.

• Each partition had its own local government.
• The Russian partition covered a large area.
• Families lived in different partitions of the former kingdom.

Similar words: section, portion

Common phrases: russian partition, separate partition

To separate something into two or more parts.

• We partitioned the data into two groups.
• The program partitions each file into smaller sections.
• Can you partition the set into equal parts?

How to use it: partition something into something (We partitioned the data into three groups.)

Similar words: divide, split, separate

Opposites: combine

Common phrases: partition something into, partition the data

To divide a room, country, or other area into separate sections.

• They partitioned the room with a screen.
• A wall partitions the office into two areas.
• The treaty partitioned the territory between two states.

How to use it: partition something into something (They partitioned the office into three rooms.); partition something off (We partitioned off a quiet corner for reading.)

Similar words: divide, divide up

Common phrases: partition a room, partition off something