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# apportion

verb (apportion, apportions, apportioned, apportioning)

«apportion» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) To apportion something is to divide it and share it out among people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apportion/#m1)
2. (formal) To apportion blame is to decide how much each person is responsible for something bad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apportion/#m2)

### In the lessons

A formal, exam-style word. In maths problems it means share out, sometimes equally and sometimes in a ratio: «apportion 60 pounds between Ann and Ben in the ratio 2:1» gives 40 and 20. In news: «apportion blame».

### Examples

- The prize money was apportioned among the winners. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apportion/#x1)
- Apportion 36 sweets equally among 4 children: 9 each. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apportion/#x2)
- The costs were apportioned according to use. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apportion/#x3)
- It's hard to apportion blame for the accident. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apportion/#x4)
- The land was apportioned between the two brothers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apportion/#x5)
- Apportion the time fairly between the tasks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apportion/#x6)

### Note

Double «p». Formal; simpler: share out, divide. In maths, with a ratio a:b, first find a + b parts, then each part = total ÷ (a + b).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «apportion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apportion/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«apportion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/apportion.html) on Mova free.