proportion
A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.
Noun 4 meanings
A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.
Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole.
Proper or equal share.
The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree.
“the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body”
Verb 3 meanings
To divide into proper shares; to apportion.
To form symmetrically.
To set or render in proportion.
Etymology
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.
PROPORTION at a glance
PROPORTION has 10 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (P 3 + R 1 + O 1 + P 3 + O 1 + R 1 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,905 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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