Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb partition

2 senses of partition

Sense 1
partition, partition off -- (divide into parts, pieces, or sections; "The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British")
       => separate, divide, part -- (come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated")

Sense 2
partition, zone -- (separate or apportion into sections; "partition a room off")
       => separate, divide -- (make a division or separation)