[{"word":"partitions","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A part of something that has been divided.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An approach to division in which one asks what the size of each part is, rather than (as in quotition) how many parts there are.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The division of a territory into two or more autonomous ones.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Monarchies where partition isn't prohibited risk weakening trough parcellation and civil wars between the heirs"},{"definition":"A vertical structure that divides a room.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions"},{"definition":"That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; boundary; dividing line or space.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The severance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A section of a hard disk separately formatted.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A division of a database or one of its constituting elements such as tables into separate independent parts.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set whose union is the set itself (i.e. all elements of the set are contained in exactly one of the subsets).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A musical score.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["dismemberment"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To divide something into parts, sections or shares","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To divide a region or country into two or more territories with separate political status","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To separate or divide a room by a partition (ex. a wall), often use with off","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["dismember"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/partition","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/partitions"]}]