proportion
UK
/prəˈpɔːʃən/US /prəˈpɔrʃən/proportion
NOUNDefinition of proportion
The proportion is the relationship in size between one part and another.
Example: Health care spending is taking up a much larger proportion of the government budget.
If you proportion something, you divide it into equal portions.
proportion
EXAMPLESExamples of proportion
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Health care spending is taking up a much larger proportion of the government budget.
Example sentence2
The proportion of water to sugar should be two to one.
Example sentenceproportion
SMART VOCABULARYRelated words and phrases
Similar words
ratioapportion
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