Home › Words › C › compartitioncompartitioncompartition means the act of dividing into parts or compartments.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, compartition ranks #16,750 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyLatin compartitio.nounThe act of dividing into parts or compartments.A division or compartment.e.g.“Their temples […] needed no compartitions.” — 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.compart 73% match — To divide and share with others. vs compartition →compartmented 73% match — Divided into compartments. vs compartition →compartmentation 73% match — Division into compartments; compartmentalization.; So as to prevent the spread of fire within a structure. vs compartition →partitionment 71% match — The act of partitioning. vs compartition →compartmentable 70% match — Able to be divided into separate compartments, or (figurative) separate conceptual areas. vs compartition →compartmentalized 68% match — Divided into compartments. vs compartition →compartmentalize 66% match — To separate something into different categories, or compartments. vs compartition →partition 66% match — An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another. vs compartition →