fraction

1. 1.

   perform a division

   “Can you divide 49 by seven?”

   Synonymsdivide

   Broadercalculate

   Narrowerhalvequarter

   arithmetic

Other forms of fraction

plural

fractions·

past tense

fractioned·

present participle

fractioning·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fraction

What does fraction mean?

fraction means "a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fraction?

fraction has 2 syllables: frac-tion. The stress falls on "frac". In IPA it is /ˈfɹækʃən/.

What is another word for fraction?

Close synonyms include divide. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fraction a common word?

fraction is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fraction?

2 words rhyme with fraction. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.