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partition  (partitions plural & 3rd person present) (partitioning present participle) (partitioned past tense & past participle )
1  n-count A partition is a wall or screen that separates one part of a room or vehicle from another. 
...new offices divided only by glass partitions...  
2  verb If you partition a room, you separate one part of it from another by means of a partition. 
Bedrooms have again been created by partitioning a single larger room...  V n 
He sat on the two-seater sofa in the partitioned office.  V-ed 
3  verb If a country is partitioned, it is divided into two or more independent countries. 
Korea was partitioned in 1945...  be V-ed 
Britain was accused of trying to partition the country `because of historic enmity'...  V n 
The island has been partitioned since the mid-seventies.  V-ed 
  Partition is also a noun., n-uncount oft N of n 
...fighting which followed the partition of India.