proportion

proportion is on the Academic Word List.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /prəˈpɔrʃən/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /prəˈpɔːʃən/

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• Hyphenation: pro‧por‧tion

Noun

Singular proportion

Plural proportions

1. The proportion is the relationship in size between one part and another.
   • Synonym: ratio

   Health care spending is taking up a much larger proportion of the government budget.

   The proportion of water to sugar should be two to one.

Verb

Plain form proportion

Third-person singular proportions

Past tense proportioned

Past participle proportioned

Present participle proportioning

1. If you proportion something, you divide it into equal portions.
   • Synonym: apportion

Related words

• proportional
• proportionate