noun
    
    plural -tions
    
    [count] :a wall or screen that separates one area from another
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [noncount] :the division of a country into separate political units
    
    
    
    
    
    verb
    
    -tions; -tioned; -tioning
    
    [+ obj] formal :to divide (something) into parts or shares
    
    
    
    
    
    to divide (a country) into two or more parts having separate political status
    
    
    
    partition off
    
    [phrasal verb]
    
    partition (something) off or partition off (something) :to separate (an area or part of a room) by using a wall, screen, etc.