English Explanatory Dictionary

proportion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.
  2. Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole.
  3. Proper or equal share.
  4. The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree.
  5. A statement of equality between two ratios.
  6. The "rule of three", in which three terms are given to find a fourth.
  7. Size.
verb
  1. To divide into proper shares; to apportion.
  2. To form symmetrically.
  3. To set or render in proportion.
  4. To correspond to.

Pronunciation

/pɹəˈpɔɹʃən/ /pɹəˈpɔːʃən/ /pɹəˈpo(ː)ɹʃən/ /pɹəˈpoəʃən/ en-us-proportion.ogg

Word forms

proportion proportions proportioning proportioned

Etymology

From Middle English proporcion, from Old French proportion, from Latin prōportiō (“comparative relation, proportion, symmetry, analogy”), from pro (“for, before”) + portio (“share, part”); see portion. By surface analysis, pro- + portion.

Derived words

blow out of proportion blow out of proportions compound proportion disproportion disproportionate divine proportion equiproportion golden proportion harmonic proportion in proportion inverse proportion misproportion of Koranic proportions out of all proportion out of proportion overproportion proportionable proportional proportionally proportionate proportioner proportionize proportionless proportionment reciprocal proportion reproportion superproportion underproportion unproportion
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