proportion

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proportion is on the Academic Word List.

Pronunciation[change]

Noun[change]

Singular
proportion

Plural
proportions

  1. The proportion is the relationship in size between one part and another.
    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[change]

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.

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