Proportionate

//pɹəˈpɔɹʃənət// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make proportionate. transitive
Adjective
  1. 1
    In proportion; proportional; commensurable.

    "What is proportionate to his transgression."

  2. 2
    Harmonious and symmetrical.
Adjective
  1. 1
    agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree wordnet
  2. 2
    being in due proportion wordnet
  3. 3
    exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
proportionalcommensurateper capitaproportionableaccordantadequate

Example

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"The punishment should be proportionate to the crime."

Etymology

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

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