Meaning of PROPORTIONATE
| Pronunciation: | | [adj]pru'powrshunit, [v]pru'powrshu`neyt, pru'powrshunut
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- [adj] agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree; "the figures are large but the corresponding totals next year will be larger"
- [adj] being in due proportion
- [adj] exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities
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| | Synonyms: | | balanced, commensurate, corresponding, harmonious, in proportion to, per capita, proportionable, proportional, relative, symmetrical |
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| | Antonyms: | | disproportional, disproportionate | | |
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\Pro*por"tion*ate\, a. [L. proportionatus. See
{Proportion}.]
Adjusted to something else according to a proportion;
proportional. --Longfellow.
What is proportionate to his transgression. --Locke.
\Pro*por"tion*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Proportionated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Proportionating}.] [Cf.
{Proportion}, v.]
To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate,
or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to
proportionate punishment to crimes.
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