proportionate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōportiōnātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, proportion +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

• (adjective, UK) enPR: prə-pôʹshə-nət, IPA^(key): /pɹəˈpɔːʃənət/

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• (adjective, US) enPR: prə-pôrʹshə-nət, IPA^(key): /pɹəˈpɔɹʃənət/
• (verb, UK) enPR: prə-pôʹshə-nāt, IPA^(key): /pɹəˈpɔːʃəneɪt/

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• (verb, US) enPR: prə-pôrʹshə-nāt, IPA^(key): /pɹəˈpɔɹʃəneɪt/

Adjective

proportionate (comparative more proportionate, superlative most proportionate)

1. In proportion; proportional; commensurable.

   Antonyms: disproportionate, nonproportionate, unproportionate

   • 1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], →OCLC:

     What is proportionate to his transgression.

2. Harmonious and symmetrical.

Derived terms

• equiproportionate
• improportionate
• overproportionate
• proportionately
• proportionateness

Translations

proportional

Arabic: مُتَنَاسِب (mutanāsib) Bulgarian: пропорционален (bg) (proporcionalen) Catalan: proporcional (ca) Finnish: suhteellinen (fi) Greek: αναλογικός (el) (analogikós) Hungarian: arányos (hu) Manx: coreiragh Spanish: alícuota (es), proporcional (es) Urdu: متناسب (mutanāsib)

harmonious and symmetrical

Bulgarian: съразмерен (bg) (sǎrazmeren) Catalan: proporcional (ca) Finnish: sopusuhtainen (fi) Hungarian: arányos (hu) Portuguese: proporcional (pt) Spanish: alícuota (es), proporcional (es)

Verb

proportionate (third-person singular simple present proportionates, present participle proportionating, simple past and past participle proportionated)

1. (transitive) To make proportionate.

Derived terms

• misproportionate
• proportionator

Translations

to make proportionate

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Dutch: proportioneren (nl) French: proportionner (fr) German: proportionieren (de)

See also

• apportion

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [proː.pɔr.ti.oːˈnaː.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pro.por.t͡si.oˈnaː.te]

Adjective

prōportiōnāte

1. vocative masculine singular of prōportiōnātus