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Proportionate

Proportionate Meaning & Definition
Proportionate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Proportionate?

[adj] agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree; "the figures are large but the corresponding totals next year will be larger"
[adj] being in due proportion
[adj] exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities

Synonyms | Synonyms for Proportionate: balanced | commensurate | corresponding | harmonious | in proportion to | per capita | proportionable | proportional | relative | symmetrical

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Proportionate In Webster's Dictionary

\Pro*por"tion*ate\, a. [L. proportionatus. See {Proportion}.] Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. --Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. --Locke.
\Pro*por"tion*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proportionated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Proportionating}.] [Cf. {Proportion}, v.] To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes.

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