proportionate
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/
Adjective

proportionate

  1. 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.
  2. Harmonious and symmetrical.
Translations Verb

proportionate (proportionates, present participle proportionating; past and past participle proportionated)

  1. (transitive) To make proportionate.
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