You will progress in proportion to your abilities.
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Proportion
//pɹəˈpɔɹʃən//
Synonyms for "proportion" (330 found)
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Closest matches (66)
symmetryaccommodateaccordacreageadaptadditionadjustadjust toagreementallegoryallotmentallowanceamountamplitudeanalogousnessanalogyapproximationareaarithmetical proportionarrangement
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arrayassimilateattunebalancebalancingbeautybig endbigger halfbignessbilateral symmetrybitbitebodybreadthbudgetbulkcalibercalibratecancelcapacitychangechunkcoequalitycoextensioncommensurabilitycommissioncomparabilitycomparablenesscomparative anatomycomparative degreecomparative grammarcomparative judgmentcomparative linguisticscomparative literaturecomparative methodcomparativenesscomparecomparingcomparisoncompasscompensatecompositionconcinnityconcordconform
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (99)
conformityconfrontationconfrontmentcongruityconsistencycontingentcontinued fractioncontinuumcontrastcontrastivenesscoordinatecorrelationcorrespondencecounterbalancecounterpoisecountervailcoveragecutcut todeal
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degreedeploymentdepthdestinydiameterdifferentiationdimensiondimensionsdisposaldispositiondistinctiondistinctivenessdistributiondividedividenddivisiondoledynamic symmetryemptinessempty spaceendenlargeequal shareequalityequalizeequateequationequilibriumequipoiseequipollenceequiponderanceequityequivalenceequivalencyeuphonyeurythmicseurythmyeveneven upevennessevolutionexpanseexpansionextensionextentextrapolationfatefieldfinishfitfixformationfractiongalactic spacegaugegear togeometric ratiogirthgradegraduategreatnessgrouphalfhalverharmonic proportionharmonizeharmonyheighthelpinghomologatehomologizeidentityimproper fractioninfinite spaceintegrateintegrationinterestinterpolation
Noun(1 words)
Related words (165)
interstellar spaceintervalinversioninvolutionjusticekeepingkeykey tolargenesslayoutleaplengthlevellevelnesslikenesslikeninglineuplotmagnitudemake plumb
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make uniformmarkmarshalingmassmatchmatchingmeasuremeasurednessmeasurementmeedmessmetaphormodicummodifymodulatemoietymultilateral symmetrymultiplicationnotationnotchnothingnessnuanceopposingoppositionorderorderednessorganizationouter spaceparparallelparallelismparitypartpaspeacepegpercentpercentageperiodpiecepitchplaneplateaupointpoisepolarityportionpracticepro rataproportionabilityproportionalityproportionateproportionsprorateput in tunequantumquietquietudequotaquotumradiusrake offrake-offrangerankrateratiorationreachreconcilerectifyreductionregularityregularizeregulaterelationrelationshipremoverhythmrightroundroutinerule of threerungscalescopesegmentsetset rightsetupshadeshadowshapeshapelinesssharesimilaritysimilarizesimilesimilitudesizeslicesmall sharesortspacespatial extensionspherespreadsquarestairstakestandardstepstintstockstrike a balancestructuresubtractionsuitablenesssuperficial extensionsurfacesweetnesssymmetricalnesssymmetrizesyncsynchronizesystemtailortracttranquillitytransformationtreadtrilateral symmetrytrim totrope of comparisontruetrue uptuneuniformityvoidvolumeweighingwidth
Noun(3 words)
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15 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
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2 entriesis a
5 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 32 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀναλογία noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Asturian
1 entries- proporción noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Belarusian
1 entries- прапо́рцыя noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дял noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
- дял noun (proper or equal share)
- пропорционалност noun (the relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree)
- пропорция noun ((mathematics) a statement of equality between two ratios)
Catalan
1 entries- proporció noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 比例 noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Czech
1 entries- poměr noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Esperanto
1 entries- proporcio noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Finnish
4 entries- osa noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
- osuus noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
- suhde noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
- verranto noun ((mathematics) a statement of equality between two ratios)
French
1 entries- proportion noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Galician
1 entries- proporción noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
German
3 entries- Anteil noun (proper or equal share)
- Proportion noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
- Teil noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Greek
1 entries- αναλογία noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Hungarian
4 entries- arány noun (harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole)
- arány noun (the relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree)
- aránypár noun ((mathematics) a statement of equality between two ratios)
- hányad noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Indonesian
1 entries- proporsi noun ((mathematics) a statement of equality between two ratios)
Interlingua
1 entries- proportion noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Irish
1 entries- comhréir noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Italian
1 entries- proporzione noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Japanese
2 entries- 割合 noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
- 比例 noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Korean
1 entries- 비례 noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Latin
1 entries- prōportiō noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Malay
1 entries- قدرن noun ((mathematics) a statement of equality between two ratios)
Malayalam
2 entries- അനുപാതം noun (proper or equal share)
- അനുപാതം noun (the relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree)
Māori
1 entries- hautanga noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Polish
4 entries- odsetek noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
- proporcja noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
- proporcja noun (harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole)
- proporcja noun (the relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree)
Portuguese
2 entries- proporção noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
- proporcionar verb (to set or render in proportion)
Russian
1 entries- пропо́рция noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Spanish
1 entries- proporción noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Tagalog
1 entries- hagway noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Turkish
1 entries- orantı noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пропо́рція noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tỉ lệ noun (quantity that is part of the whole)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The wages will be paid in proportion to the work done.
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The income tax rate increases in proportion as your salary rises.
Source: tatoeba (19537)
Each man's pay will be in proportion to his work.
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