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adjective
- 1. another term for proportional
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adjective. uk / prəˈpɔːʃ ə nət / us. Add to word list. → proportional. (Definition of proportionate from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of proportionate. proportionate.
The meaning of PROPORTIONATE is proportional. How to use proportionate in a sentence.
adjective. 1. in proper proportion; proportional. verb transitive Word forms: proˈportionˌated or proˈportionˌating. 2. to make proportionate; proportion.
Proportionate is most generally used to describe different things (or different elements of the same thing) that are considered to be properly balanced in some way. In other words, it’s used to describe things that are said to match in terms of proportions —the relation between different parts, or their relative size or amount.
proportionate (to something) increasing or decreasing in size, amount or degree according to changes in something else synonym proportional. Increasing costs resulted in proportionate increases in prices. The number of accidents is proportionate to the increased volume of traffic.
the number, amount, or level of one thing when compared to another: The proportion of women to men at my college was about five to one. The chart shows how weight increases in proportion to height (= the increase in weight depends on the increase in height).
adjective. uk / prəˈpɔːʃ ə nət / us. Add to word list. → proportional. (Definition of proportionate from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of proportionate. proportionate. In a world in which women held a proportionate share (one-half) of leadership positions, they might behave differently in power.
1. in proper proportion; proportional. verb transitive Word forms: proˈportionˌated or proˈportionˌating. 2. to make proportionate; proportion.
Define proportionate. proportionate synonyms, proportionate pronunciation, proportionate translation, English dictionary definition of proportionate. adj. Being in due proportion; proportional. tr.v. pro·por·tion·at·ed , pro·por·tion·at·ing , pro·por·tion·ates To make proportionate. pro·por′tion·ate·ly...
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