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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121. A high proportion of women with children under five work full-time.
122. The puppies' ears should be neat and in proportion to the head.
123. Children tend to have relatively larger heads than adults in proportion to the rest of their body.
124. The 32-year-old actress spent a large proportion of the week playing cat and mouse with the press.
125. A sense of proportion would not come amiss in all of this.
126. The proportion of women in the profession had risen to 17.3%.
127. The whole affair was blown up out of all proportion.
128. The level of crime in an area is almost always in direct proportion to the number of unemployed.
129. The room is very long in proportion to its width.
130. The unskilled section of the working class was diminishing as a proportion of the workforce.
131. Imports of foodstuffs accounted for a small proportion of total imports.
132. A person's wealth is often in inverse proportion to their happiness .
133. Hispanics make up a large proportion of the population of Miami.
134. Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. Anais Nin 
135. The issue was blown far out of proportion.
136. Things get blown out of proportion.
137. This occurs for non-woody monocotyledons of low biomass[sentencedict.com], where leaves form a constant high proportion of the total biomass.
138. A growing proportion of politically active workers were no longer without a country, as the Communist Manifesto had proclaimed.
139. The mass is politically apathetic and impotent, and policy is imposed upon this large proportion of the population.
140. By far the greatest proportion of those joining the new congregations were Presbyterians and they were mostly from rural areas.
141. The proportion of children passing Ordinary and Advanced level examinations is positively correlated with social class.
142. They may be content to put up with a certain proportion of customer complaints for a given volume of business.
143. Yves Rocher Dynamic Corp Bio-Vegetal range includes gel, tonics and creams all with a high proportion of sea algae.
144. He thought the whole incident had been blown up out of proportion.
145. Allies received attention in proportion to their contribution to the Western alliance.
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146. Athletes are a mirror of society, even if sometimes their images are blown out of proportion.
147. According to the guidelines, only a small proportion of people with drug or alcohol problems have any contact with social services.
148. It had further taught them that bomb casualties in Protestant districts frequently included a substantial proportion of Roman Catholics.
149. In most island arcs only a relatively small proportion of the individual volcanoes actually rise above sea level.
150. The proportion of the population living and employed in rural areas declined sharply.
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