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proportion [pʀɔpɔʀsjɔ̃]feminine noun• il a un poste élevé et un salaire en proportion he has a top position and a correspondingly high salary► en proportion de proportionally to• c'est bien peu, en proportion du service qu'il m'a rendu it's nothing, compared to all the favours he has done me* * *pʀɔpɔʀsjɔ̃1) gén proportion2) Art, Architecture proportion* * *pʀɔpɔʀsjɔ̃ nfIl n'y a aucune proportion entre le prix demandé et le prix réel. — The asking price bears no relation to the real price.
* * *proportion nf1 ( quantité relative) proportion; une proportion croissante/relative de femmes a growing/relative proportion of women; une proportion de 10 chômeurs pour 35 salariés 10 unemployed workers for every 35 in work; dans une proportion de cinq contre un in a ratio of five to one; en proportion de in proportion to; dépenses en proportion du revenu spending in proportion to income; en proportion, ils sont mieux payés they are proportionately better paid; c'est calculé en proportion it is calculated proportionately;2 ( équilibre) proportion; être sans proportion avec to be out of (all) proportion to; être hors de proportion avec to be out of proportion to; il n'y a aucune proportion entre l'incident et sa mauvaise humeur the bad temper he showed was out of all proportion to the incident; ramener le débat à de plus justes proportions to put things back in perspective; cela a pris de telles proportions que it has become so serious that; la criminalité a augmenté dans des proportions considérables/inquiétantes crime has increased considerably/alarmingly; toutes proportions gardées relatively speaking;[prɔpɔrsjɔ̃] nom féminindans la proportion de 15% in the ratio of 15%2. CHIMIEloi des proportions définies law of constant ou definite proportions————————proportions nom féminin pluriel1. [importance] (great) importancepourquoi un incident aussi minime a-t-il pris de telles proportions? why was such a trivial incident blown out of all proportion?c'est la même chose, toutes proportions gardées it's the same thing but on a different scale————————à proportion de locution prépositionnelle————————en proportion locution adjectivaleil a de gros frais, mais son salaire est en proportion he has a lot of expenses, but he has a correspondingly high salary————————en proportion locution adverbiale————————en proportion de locution prépositionnelleson succès est en proportion de son talent his success is proportional ou in proportion to his talent -
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نِسْبَة (لِـ) \ proportion: the size of a part, compared with the size of the whole thing: What proportion of your pay is spent on food? A half, or a third?, comparison, in size or amount That building is tall in proportion to its width. Its cost was out of all proportion to its value (It is not worth nearly so much as they paid for it). ratio: the comparative amount (of each part of a whole): The ratio of boys to girls in our village is 3 to 2 (if there are 50 children, 30 are boys and 20 are girls). -
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مُقَارَنَة \ comparison: comparing: I’m not tall, but he is short in (or by) comparison (with me). proportion: comparison, in size or amount: That building is tall in proportion to its width. Its cost was out of all proportion to its value (It is not worth nearly so much as they paid for it). -
4 be etc out of (all) proportion (to)
to (cause to) have an incorrect relationship (to each other or something else):غَيْر مُتَناسِبAn elephant's tail seems out of (all) proportion to the rest of its body.
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5 be etc out of (all) proportion (to)
to (cause to) have an incorrect relationship (to each other or something else):غَيْر مُتَناسِبAn elephant's tail seems out of (all) proportion to the rest of its body.
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6 be etc out of (all) proportion (to)
to (cause to) have an incorrect relationship (to each other or something else):غَيْر مُتَناسِبAn elephant's tail seems out of (all) proportion to the rest of its body.
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7 be etc out of (all) proportion (to)
to (cause to) have an incorrect relationship (to each other or something else):غَيْر مُتَناسِبAn elephant's tail seems out of (all) proportion to the rest of its body.
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8 get etc out of (all) proportion (to)
to (cause to) have an incorrect relationship (to each other or something else):غَيْر مُتَناسِبAn elephant's tail seems out of (all) proportion to the rest of its body.
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9 get etc out of (all) proportion (to)
to (cause to) have an incorrect relationship (to each other or something else):غَيْر مُتَناسِبAn elephant's tail seems out of (all) proportion to the rest of its body.
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10 get etc out of (all) proportion (to)
to (cause to) have an incorrect relationship (to each other or something else):غَيْر مُتَناسِبAn elephant's tail seems out of (all) proportion to the rest of its body.
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11 get etc out of (all) proportion (to)
to (cause to) have an incorrect relationship (to each other or something else):غَيْر مُتَناسِبAn elephant's tail seems out of (all) proportion to the rest of its body.
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12 sacado de quicio
= out of all proportion (to), out of (all) proportion (to)Ex. Certainly the study of management has developed out of all proportion to its relevance for the majority of assistant librarians.Ex. Technical difficulties and operational costs are out of proportion to the financial gains.* * *= out of all proportion (to), out of (all) proportion (to)Ex: Certainly the study of management has developed out of all proportion to its relevance for the majority of assistant librarians.
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13 desproporcionado (con respecto a)
= out of all proportion (to), out of (all) proportion (to)Ex. Certainly the study of management has developed out of all proportion to its relevance for the majority of assistant librarians.Ex. Technical difficulties and operational costs are out of proportion to the financial gains.Spanish-English dictionary > desproporcionado (con respecto a)
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14 exagerado (con respecto a)
= out of all proportion (to), out of (all) proportion (to)Ex. Certainly the study of management has developed out of all proportion to its relevance for the majority of assistant librarians.Ex. Technical difficulties and operational costs are out of proportion to the financial gains. -
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16 terlalu besar untuk
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19 несоразмерно
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20 nieproporcjonalny
• out of proportion
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out of proportion — index disparate, disproportionate, extreme (exaggerated), inapt, incommensurate, inept (inappropriate) … Law dictionary
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out of proportion — adjective Not in a proper or pleasing relation to other things, especially in terms of size. I only said that she wasnt as young as she used to be, and her response was out of proportion … Wiktionary
blow out of proportion — If you exaggerate the importance of something, you blow it out of proportion. The importance of the event was blown out of proportion by the media … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
blown out of proportion — see ↑proportion • • • Main Entry: ↑blow … Useful english dictionary
blow out of proportion — verb To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with. I dont think we need to blow it out of proportion. Theres a problem, and we should fix it … Wiktionary
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out of proportion — not in proportion, exaggerated … English contemporary dictionary
in (or out of) proportion — according (or not according) to a particular relationship in size, amount, or degree. ↘regarded without (or with) exaggeration. → proportion … English new terms dictionary