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Dictionary: pro·por·tion·ate   (prə-pôr'shə-nĭt, -pōr'-) pronunciation
adj.
Being in due proportion; proportional.

tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates. (-shə-nāt')
To make proportionate.

proportionately pro·por'tion·ate·ly adv.
proportionateness pro·por'tion·ate·ness n.

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adjective

  1. Properly or correspondingly related in size, amount, or scale: commensurable, commensurate, proportional. Idioms: in proportion. See big/small/amount.
  2. Characterized by or displaying symmetry, especially correspondence in scale or measure: balanced, proportional, regular, symmetric, symmetrical. See same/different/compare.

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: being in due proportion
  Antonym: disproportionate (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree
  Synonyms: corresponding, in proportion to

Meaning #3: exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities
  Synonyms: harmonious, symmetrical


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - i forhold
v. tr. - afpasse

Nederlands (Dutch)
evenredig, naar verhouding

Français (French)
adj. - proportionnel
v. tr. - proportionner

Deutsch (German)
adj. - entsprechend, verhältnismäßig
v. - proportionieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανάλογος, σύμμετρος
v. - καθιστώ ανάλογα, ποσοστώνω

Italiano (Italian)
proporzionale, proporzionare

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - proporcionado
v. - proporcionar

Русский (Russian)
соразмерный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - proporcionado
v. tr. - proporcionar, adecuar

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - proportionerlig, proportionell
v. - avpassa, avväga, proportionera

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
相称的, 适当的, 成比例的, 使相称, 使适应, 使成比例

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 相稱的, 適當的, 成比例的
v. tr. - 使相稱, 使適應, 使成比例

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 균형 잡힌, 비례를 이룬
v. tr. - 균형 잡히게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - つり合いのとれた, 比例した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متناسبا مع (فعل) جعله متناسبا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮באופן יחסי‬
v. tr. - ‮חילק באופן יחסי‬


 
 
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