proportionate

[ adjective pruh-pawr-shuh-nit, -pohr-; verb pruh-pawr-shuh-neyt, -pohr- ]

/ adjective prəˈpɔr ʃə nɪt, -ˈpoʊr-; verb prəˈpɔr ʃəˌneɪt, -ˈpoʊr- /

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adjective

proportioned; being in due proportion; proportional.

verb (used with object), pro·por·tion·at·ed, pro·por·tion·at·ing.

to make proportionate.

Origin of proportionate

1350–1400; Middle English proporcionate < Late Latin prōportiōnātus. See proportion, -ate¹

SYNONYMS FOR proportionate

1 according, accordant, consonant, harmonious, balanced.

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OTHER WORDS FROM proportionate

pro·por·tion·ate·ly, adverb pro·por·tion·ate·ness, noun non·pro·por·tion·ate, adjective non·pro·por·tion·ate·ly, adverb

non·pro·por·tion·ate·ness, noun un·pro·por·tion·ate, adjective un·pro·por·tion·ate·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH proportionate

proportional proportionate

Words nearby proportionate

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And the middle class is proportionately smaller and has shrunk more than elsewhere.

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Now that he was mortifying the flesh by drinking only water, he was proportionately particular to please his appetite in eating.

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Proportionately to Attica this seems to allow too small a population of slaves.

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If we except the proportionately few liberal thinkers, that conviction is as strong as it was in the time of Ivan the Terrible.

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She began to set forth the story of her ordeal more sanely and proportionately in Jane Eyre.

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The muscle is proportionately smaller and weaker than in any of the other species studied.

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British Dictionary definitions for proportionately

proportionate

adjective (prəˈpɔːʃənɪt)

being in proper proportion

verb (prəˈpɔːʃəˌneɪt)

(tr) to make proportionate

Derived forms of proportionate

proportionately, adverb proportionateness, noun

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proportionate

adjective

verb (used with object), pro·por·tion·at·ed, pro·por·tion·at·ing.

Origin of proportionate

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British Dictionary definitions for proportionately

adjective (prəˈpɔːʃənɪt)

verb (prəˈpɔːʃəˌneɪt)

Derived forms of proportionate

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proportionate

adjective

verb (used with object), pro·por·tion·at·ed, pro·por·tion·at·ing.

Origin of proportionate

SYNONYMS FOR proportionate

OTHER WORDS FROM proportionate

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adjective (prəˈpɔːʃənɪt)

verb (prəˈpɔːʃəˌneɪt)

Derived forms of proportionate

British Dictionary definitions for proportionately