to proportion

Examples

• All

• This, this points to the difficulty of proportioning things.

  Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

• How great that measure should be, and how proportioned to the stages of their development, are questions to be dealt with later.

  Academic text (1999)

• The chapters are well proportioned with succinct, lucid, and reader-friendly text.

  Blog text (2)

• The Siguror type is handsome, well-proportioned, with a light or rosy complexion and blond hair.

  Academic text (1997)

• Aditya Dev has a perfectly proportioned body with an appropriate face and lower body, triceps, and biceps.

  Blog text (26)

• The beautifully proportioned foyer with its arched Venetian window on the first landing and the elegant sweep.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The bed seems boxy, cumbersome, and more provincial in aspect than the delicately proportioned bedstead of the painting.

  Academic text (1993)

• The artist learned how to proportion the colors in her painting so they created a harmonious effect.

• Architects often proportion the space in a room to ensure it feels balanced and inviting.

• When designing the garden, she had to proportion the plants and pathways to create a pleasing layout.

Synonyms

S

to scale

vsto proportion

61 3.5

To change the size or amount of something to fit a standard

arranges parts to achieve balanced relationships rather than match a ratio

D

to distribute

vsto proportion

• Specialized

12 4.6

Spread values in a certain way in math

focuses on adjusting parts so their sizes and amounts are balanced

A

to apportion

vsto proportion

8 7.0

To divide something and give parts to different people or groups

divides with aim of balance between parts rather than only sharing

P

to portion

vsto proportion

3 3.0

To give parts of something to different people

allocates parts to create balanced relationships among elements instead of simple sharing

R

to rescale

vsto proportion

1 5.0

Change the size or units of something so it fits new measurements

arranges parts to make their sizes and amounts balanced

Antonyms

D

to dismantle

64 4.2

Take something apart into separate pieces

D

to disarrange

1 6.4

To make something messy or not in the right order

Idioms

O

out of proportion

54 4.6

Too strong or big compared with what the situation needs

Compounds

C

case-fatality proportion

• Specialized

8.4

The part of people who have a disease and die from it, often shown as a percent

C

case-to-infection proportion

• Specialized

8.1

The percentage of infections that become known as cases

L

law of constant proportion

• Specialized

6.0

A rule that a pure material always contains the same elements in the same amounts by weight, for example water

How Balanced

to harmonize

• US

1 4.2

balance

698 2.5

to proportion

5 5.1

to scale

61 3.5

to adjust

317 2.7

Surface Forms

Etymology