Proportion

Quick meaning: Proportion is a noun meaning (countable) A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.

Meaning

(countable) A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole.
2. (countable) Proper or equal share.
3. The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree.
4. (mathematics, countable) A statement of equality between two ratios.
5. (mathematics, archaic) The "rule of three", in which three terms are given to find a fourth.
6. (countable, chiefly in the plural) Size.
7. (transitive) To divide into proper shares; to apportion.

Example Sentences

Formed in the best proportions of her sex.

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.

Let the women[…]do the same things in their proportions and capacities.

Word Forms

• proportions
• proportioning
• proportioned

Synonyms for proportion

Depending on context, synonyms include balance, dimension, symmetry, proportionality.

Antonyms for proportion

Common opposites include disproportion.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include proportionality, balance, dimension, symmetry, proportionate, commensurate.

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