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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31. A high proportion of our staff are female.
32. Always try to keep a sense of proportion .
33. Let's keep things in proportion.
34. The decision affects a significant proportion of the population.
35. Builders must learn about scale and proportion.
36. The two windows are in admirable proportion.
37. Everything just got blown out of proportion.
38. The room is wide in proportion to its height.
39. The problem has been exaggerated out of all proportion.
40. We've got to keep this in proportion.
41. The proportion of Americans living on welfare rose.
42. The issue was blown up out of all proportion.
43. Aren't you getting things rather out of proportion?
44. To my eye, the windows seem out of proportion.
45. The ransom must proportion the losses we have borne.
46. Women comprise a high proportion of part-time workers.
47. A large proportion of occupiers now own their homes.
48. A large proportion of the labour force is unskilled.
49. The test will give a proportion of false negatives.
50. Try to keep your view of the situation in proportion.
51. Women make up only a small proportion of the prison population.
52. A substantial proportion of the population speak a French-based patois.
53. They have undertaken to underwrite a large proportion of the supermarket's deficits.
54. The railways will carry a far higher proportion of freight traffic.
55. A proportion of the rent is met by the city council.
56. The media may be blowing it up out of proportion.
57. Although the majority of offenders are men(Sentencedict.com),(sentencedict.com/proportion.html) a small proportion - about 5 percent - are women.
58. The proportion of imports to exports is worrying the government.
59. The punishment was out of all proportion to the crime.
60. Payment will be in proportion to the work done, not to the time spent doing it.
More similar words: in proportion to, portion, abortion, transportation, propose, proposed, supportive, reporting, corporation, promotion, participation, production, projection, protection, prosecution, drop off, drop out, environmental protection, metropolitan, port, properly, property, import, export, report, support, portray, airport, report on, supporter.