Pronunciation
- (adjective, British) enPR: prə-pôʹshə-nət, IPA: /pɹəˈpɔːʃənət/
- (adjective, America) enPR: prə-pôrʹshə-nət, IPA: /pɹəˈpɔɹʃənət/
- (verb, British) enPR: prə-pôʹshə-nāt, IPA: /pɹəˈpɔːʃəneɪt/
- (verb, America) enPR: prə-pôrʹshə-nāt, IPA: /pɹəˈpɔɹʃəneɪt/
proportionate
- In proportion; proportional; commensurable.
- Antonyms: disproportionate, nonproportionate, unproportionate
- 1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], OCLC 83985187 ↗:
- What is proportionate to his transgression.
- Harmonious and symmetrical.
- Portuguese: proporcional
proportionate (proportionates, present participle proportionating; past and past participle proportionated)
- (transitive) To make proportionate.
- French: proportionner
- German: proportionieren
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