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- [pruh-pawr-shuh n, -pohr-]
- /prəˈpɔr ʃən, -ˈpoʊr-/
- /prəˈpɔːʃn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pruh-pawr-shuh n, -pohr-]
- /prəˈpɔr ʃən, -ˈpoʊr-/
Definitions of proportion word
- noun proportion comparative relation between things or magnitudes as to size, quantity, number, etc.; ratio. 1
- noun proportion proper relation between things or parts: to have tastes way out of proportion to one's financial means. 1
- noun proportion relative size or extent. 1
- noun proportion proportions, dimensions or size: a rock of gigantic proportions. 1
- noun proportion a portion or part in its relation to the whole: A large proportion of the debt remains. 1
- noun proportion symmetry, harmony, or balance: an architect with a sense of proportion. 1
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Origin of proportion
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English proporcio(u)n < Latin prōportiōn- (stem of prōportiō) symmetry, analogy. See pro-1, portion
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Parts of speech for Proportion
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
proportion popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
proportion usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for proportion
verb proportion
- accommodate — If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
- attune — to adjust or accustom (a person or thing); acclimatize
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- calibrated — marked with units
- caroling — a song, especially of joy.
noun proportion
- apposition — If two noun groups referring to the same person or thing are in apposition, one is placed immediately after the other, with no conjunction joining them, as in 'Her father, Nigel, left home three months ago.'
- atticism — the idiom or character of the Attic dialect of Ancient Greek, esp in the Hellenistic period
- calibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- ciceronianism — imitation of the style of Cicero, especially as practiced by some writers and orators during the Renaissance.
- classicalism — classicism
Antonyms for proportion
noun proportion
- disproportion — lack of proportion; lack of proper relationship in size, number, etc.: architectural disproportions.
- imparity — lack of parity or equality; disparity, difference, or inequality.
- lopsidedness — heavier, larger, or more developed on one side than on the other; unevenly balanced; unsymmetrical.
- misproportion — comparative relation between things or magnitudes as to size, quantity, number, etc.; ratio.
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