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• proportion — (n.) late 14c., due relation of one part to another, also size or extent, from O.Fr. proportion (13c.), from L. proportionem (nom. proportio) comparative relation, analogy, from phrase pro portione according to the relation (of parts to each… …   Etymology dictionary

• proportion — proportioner, n. proportionless, adj. /preuh pawr sheuhn, pohr /, n. 1. comparative relation between things or magnitudes as to size, quantity, number, etc.; ratio. 2. proper relation between things or parts: to have tastes way out of proportion… …   Universalium

• proportion — Synonyms and related words: accommodate, accord, acreage, adapt, addition, adjust, adjust to, agreement, allegory, allotment, allowance, amount, amplitude, analogousness, analogy, approximation, area, arithmetical proportion, arrangement, array,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• proportion — I. n. 1. Arrangement, relation, adaptation (of parts). 2. Distribution, adjustment, symmetry, symmetrical, relation. 3. Share, lot, part, portion. II. v. a. 1. Adjust (in proper relations), regulate, graduate, put in proportion. 2 …   New dictionary of synonyms

• regulate — Synonyms and related words: abate, accommodate, accord, adapt, adjust, adjust to, administer, administrate, alter, arrange, array, assimilate, assimilate to, assuage, attune, authorize, balance, be master, be responsible for, box in, call the… …   Moby Thesaurus

• proportion — n 1. relationship, ratio, comparative size or extent, relative importance or significance, relative size or extent; correlation, correspondence, agreement, analogy, commensurateness; conformity, congruity, keeping, consistency; symmetry, ideal… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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