Synonym: amount, balance, interest, measure, part, percentage, portion, ratio, share. Similar words: in proportion to, portion, abortion, transportation, propose, proposed, supportive, reporting. Meaning: [prə'pɔrʃn /-'pɔː-] 
n. 1. the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole 2. magnitude or extent 3. balance among the parts of something 4. harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design). v. 1. give pleasant proportions to 2. adjust in size relative to other things.
n. 1. the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole 2. magnitude or extent 3. balance among the parts of something 4. harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design). v. 1. give pleasant proportions to 2. adjust in size relative to other things. 
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1. A large proportion of old people live alone.
2. His success bore no proportion to his abilities.
3. This door is narrow in proportion to its height.
4. The proportion of regular smokers increases with age.
5. His features are in proportion.
6. His success is in proportion to his effort.
7. Water covers a large proportion of the earth's surface.
8. The proportion of women graduates has increased in recent years.
9. His short legs were not in proportion to his long body.
10. The proportion of the population still speaking the dialect is very small.
11. A high proportion of crime in any country is perpetrated by young males in their teens and twenties.
12. The tension grew in inverse proportion to the distance from their final destination.
13. A large proportion of the students were sick last week.
14. The company has an unusually high proportion of young people at the top.
15. A higher proportion of Americans go on to higher education than is the case in Britain.
16. The proportion of single parent families varies between different income groups.
17. A large proportion of the dolphins in that area will eventually die.
18. Children make up a large proportion of the world's population.
19. A proportion of the land is used for agriculture.
20. The head is out of proportion with the body.
21. Weight increases in direct proportion to mass.
22. A large proportion of their income comes from benefactions.
23. Try to keep a sense of proportion .
24. Her feet are small in proportion to her height.
25. As people accumulate more wealth, they tend to spend a greater proportion of their incomes.sentencedict.com
26. I like the general style of the building, but the chimneys are out of proportion—they're too big.
27. The most striking feature of those statistics is the high proportion of suicides.
28. It's ridiculous - we have a tiny disagreement and you blow the whole thing out of proportion!
29. Sometimes, the everlasting and vows of eternal love is not in proportion.
30. The long vista is there for the seeing. The ground at your feet, the world about you----people, thoughts, emotions, pressures---are now fitted into the larger scene. Everything assumes a fairer proportion. And here is the beginning of wisdom.
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