proportionate

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

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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

Other words 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

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How to use proportionate in a sentence

And the middle class is proportionately smaller and has shrunk more than elsewhere.
As California Collapses, Obama Follows Its Lead | Joel Kotkin | April 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Rhode Island is the only state voting Tuesday where the delegates will be awarded proportionately.
Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul Cling To Their Delegate Dreams | Ben Jacobs | April 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
In a state that allocates delegates proportionately, every vote will count.
Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and GOP Rivals’ Ferocious Battle in Nevada Caucus | Ben Jacobs | February 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Perhaps worst of all—Muslim Europeans, proportionately speaking, take religion seriously.
How Will Europe's Muslims React? | H.A. Hellyer | December 6, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
We had plenty of white problems, but proportionately we had more disciplinary problems with blacks.
'Go Round the Back' | Colin Powell | October 20, 2008 | THE DAILY BEAST

The Sergeant stared at him hard, saw that both he and his friend wore evening dress, and grew proportionately respectful.
Dope | Sax Rohmer
Such a contrivance helps to improve the leeway of so shallow a boat, although not proportionately to the area immersed.
Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.
In the neighbourhood of Lyons, the land lets high, and therefore sells proportionately.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 | Lt-Col. Pinkney
This line style, whose world is not the wall or the canvas, but white paper, can do with a proportionately meagre study of nature.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard Muther
This latter deficiency was made up by a voluminous cravat, tied with proportionately large bows.
Rookwood | William Harrison Ainsworth

British Dictionary definitions for proportionate

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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