proportion
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English proporcion, from Old French proportion, from Latin prōportiō, from pro + portio; see portion.
Pronunciation- (America) IPA: /pɹəˈpɔɹʃən/
- (RP) IPA: /pɹəˈpɔːʃən/
- (rhotic, non-horse-hoarse) IPA: /pɹəˈpo(ː)ɹʃən/
- (non-rhotic, non-horse-hoarse) IPA: /pɹəˈpoəʃən/
proportion
- (countable) A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC ↗:
- “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital, […]!”
- (uncountable) Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole.
- (countable) Proper or equal share.
- 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC ↗:
- Let the women […] do the same things in their proportions and capacities.
- The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree.
- the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body
- 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC ↗:
- The image of Christ made in Pilate's time after his own proportion.
- 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC ↗:
- Formed in the best proportions of her sex.
- (mathematics, countable) A statement of equality between two ratios.
- (math, archaic) The "rule of three", in which three terms are given to find a fourth.
- (countable, chiefly, in the plural) Size.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC ↗:
- The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; […] . Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.
- French: proportion
- German: Teil, Proportion
- Italian: proporzione
- Portuguese: proporção
- Russian: пропо́рция
- Spanish: proporción
- German: Anteil
proportion (proportions, present participle proportioning; simple past and past participle proportioned)
- (transitive) To divide into proper shares; to apportion.
- (transitive) To form symmetrically.
- (transitive, arts) To set or render in proportion.
- (transitive, archaic) To correspond to.
- Portuguese: proporcionar
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