proportion
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- noun
- /prəˈpɔrʃən/
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magnitud
- We knew that an economic crisis of hitherto unknown proportions was on the way.
- reach proportions
- epidemic proportions
- crisis proportions
This feels like a political shift of biblical proportions, like an act of God.
- This feels like a political shift of biblical proportions, like an act of God.
- Thought that would be a disaster of epic proportion.
- There is human suffering on just pandemic proportions.
- And just it was a downward spiral of epic proportions.
- And now all this epidemic proportions of mental disorders and not feeling good.
- ELA Bot is, by this definition, a leader of truly world class proportions.
- First of all, the A noose expands to astronomical proportions.
- This has been an unforced face plant of epic proportions.
Examples
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But we can at least agree that the conflict grew to such proportions that it threatened to tear Rome in two.
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This is a tragedy of staggering proportion.
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But for some reason it feels the proportion feels different on me than it does looking at it on her.
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Overall, there was a significantly greater proportion of girls than boys enrolled in gifted programs.
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This feels like a political shift of biblical proportions, like an act of God.
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For the Americans, it would be a disaster of almost unimaginable proportions.
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Europe is set to face an obesity crisis of "enormous proportions" by 2030, the World Health Organisation has warned.
Academic text (2015) -
The artist emphasized the proportion of the elements in her painting to create a sense of balance.
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The architect carefully considered the proportion of the windows to the walls to enhance natural light.
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In this recipe, the chef adjusted the proportion of spices to achieve the perfect flavor.
Synonyms
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1.0
How big something is, for example clothes or shoes
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2.1
A part of a whole shown as a number out of 100
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2.6
The size or level of something compared with others
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2.8
A relationship between two numbers showing how many times one is in the other
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1.6
An amount of something you can measure or count
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The size or importance of something compared to others
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5.1
The number of times something happens compared with the total number of cases
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
The part of people who have a disease and die from it, often shown as a percent
- Specialized
The percentage of infections that become known as cases
- Specialized
A rule that a pure material always contains the same elements in the same amounts by weight, for example water
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Proportion is related to portion 'share', and it was used to talk about the size or scale of something compared to other things. So when we speak of grand proportions, we mean its impressive size or magnitude.