About The Word Proportionate
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Proportionate
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Proportionate: See Also | 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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