to proportion
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5.3
- verb
- /prəˈpɔrʃən/
:
repartir
- A rational man proportions his belief to the evidence, as Hume put it.
Examples
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At each level of both his legislative proposals, Jefferson wanted students to receive the education that would "promote in every order of men the degree of instruction proportioned to their condition, and to their views in life" (Lipscomb and Bergh 1903, 15: 292-93).
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They also proved most economically capable of proportioning the labor and material necessary for constructing fences around the fields.
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But as a direct tax, it has to be proportioned over the public or it would not be legal.
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In his 1814 letter to Peter Carr, Jefferson wrote his belief that "it is the duty of our country's functionaries to provide that every citizen in it should receive an education proportioned to the condition and pursuits of his life."
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The budget must be proportioned carefully to ensure that all departments receive adequate funding.
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She proportioned the ingredients for the recipe to serve the entire party.
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To make the artwork visually appealing, he proportioned the colors according to their brightness.
Synonyms
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1.5
To find how many times one number goes into another
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5.1
To limit how much food or supplies each person gets when there is not enough
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2.9
Parts are given to people, often according to a plan
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7.3
To share something among a group of people
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4.6
Spread values in a certain way in math
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7.0
To divide something and give parts to different people or groups
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3.0
To give parts of something to different people
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4.8
To divide something into parts and give each part to different people
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3.0
Divided into parts and given to people, usually equally
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4.2
To give people small set amounts of things like food or water when supplies are low
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3.4
To divide something into parts and give each part to different people
To divide something into smaller parts so more people can own it
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 Even
Surface Forms
Etymology
Proportion as a verb comes from pro- and portio 'share', just like the word portion, and it kept the idea of giving out shares. So to proportion something is to divide or give it out among people or parts according to a rule or ratio.