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Word entry · 10 letters

proportion

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"Relative share"

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10 lettersPronunciation /pɹəˈpɔɹʃən/Part of speech verb, nounSorted inooopprrtStarts with PEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. adjust in size relative to other things

Word origin

From Middle English proporcion, from Old French proportion, from Latin prōportiō (“comparative relation, proportion, symmetry, analogy”), from pro (“for, before”) + portio (“share, part”); see portion. By surface analysis, pro- + portion.

Used in a sentence

  • Let the women[…]do the same things in their proportions and capacities.
  • the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body
  • The image of Christ made in Pilate's time after his own proportion.

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