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proportion
noun
1 a comparative part of a total a large proportion of the population .
2 the size of one element or group in relation to the whole or total.
3 the size of one group or component in relation to another in a proportion of two parts to one .
4 the correct balance between parts or elements out of proportion get things into proportion .
5 (proportions) size; dimensions a garden of large proportions .
6 maths correspondence between the ratios of two pairs of quantities, as expressed in 2 is to 8 as 3 is to 12 .
verb (proportioned , proportioning )
1 to adjust the proportions, or balance the parts, of something.
2 (usu proportion one thing to another) to adjust their proportions relatively.
[14c: from Latin proportio , from pro portione in respect of his share]
in proportion to something
1 in relation to it; in comparison with it.
2 in parallel with it; in correspondence with it; at the same rate.
noun
1 a comparative part of a total a large proportion of the population .
2 the size of one element or group in relation to the whole or total.
3 the size of one group or component in relation to another in a proportion of two parts to one .
4 the correct balance between parts or elements out of proportion get things into proportion .
5 (proportions) size; dimensions a garden of large proportions .
6 maths correspondence between the ratios of two pairs of quantities, as expressed in 2 is to 8 as 3 is to 12 .
verb (proportioned , proportioning )
1 to adjust the proportions, or balance the parts, of something.
2 (usu proportion one thing to another) to adjust their proportions relatively.
[14c: from Latin proportio , from pro portione in respect of his share]
in proportion to something
1 in relation to it; in comparison with it.
2 in parallel with it; in correspondence with it; at the same rate.
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