Proportion
Definitions
- A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.
- Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole.
- Proper or equal share.
- The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree.
- A statement of equality between two ratios.
- The "rule of three", in which three terms are given to find a fourth.
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Size. countable, in-plural
Equivalents
Examples
““I don't mean⟳ all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital,[…]!””
“Let⟳ the women[…]do the same things in their proportions and capacities.”
“the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body”
“The image of Christ made in Pilate's time after his own⟳ proportion.”
“Formed in the best proportions of her sex.”
“The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss⟳ Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward⟳ she became her old self again;[…]. Now she had come⟳ to look⟳ upon the matter⟳ in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.”
“What other television show⟳ would feature a gorgeously designed sequence where a horrifically mutated Pierre and Marie Curie, their bodies swollen to Godzilla-like proportions from prolonged exposure to the radiation that would eventually kill⟳ them, destroy⟳ an Asian city with their bare hands like⟳ vengeance-crazed monster-Gods?”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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