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. 
Random good picture Not show
151. The value of shared facilities or labour must be apportioned strictly in proportion to relative benefits received.
152. Nevertheless for the foreseeable future a considerable proportion of elderly people will require care at specific periods of their lives.
153. An appreciable proportion of these cases was associated with high morbidity and mortality.
154. It was imperative too to keep cool and not allow things to get out of proportion.
155. Buying an airline seemed foolhardy and unnecessarily ostentatious: it affronted his sense of proportion.
156. Gender Unlike many local councils, Basildon has a roughly equal proportion of men and women in its workforce.
157. This case has been blown totally out of proportion because of the media attention.
158. The proportion of the population living in the countryside had been declining throughout the century.
159. These fish have developed remarkably tough gullets due to the high proportion of fresh water crustacean in their diet.
160. The scare has been blown out of proportion, said John Marchello, professor of animal science at the University of Arizona.
161. At this juncture it should be noted that a considerable proportion of international lending does take this latter form.
162. The proportion w is sometimes referred to as the adjustment parameter.
163. Failure to record consultations is probably fairly widespread,[sentencedict.com] and so this proportion is likely to be characteristic of the total.
164. A considerable proportion of parenting is in the mundane details that women are raised to manage.
165. The proportion reaching adulthood, however, does not usually warrant attempting to raise them as larger live food for fish.
166. The proportion of crystalline material in natural cellulose varies a good deal but may be about thirty or forty percent of the whole.
167. They represent only a tiny proportion of the people who get housing assistance from Washington.
168. A large proportion of our researchers are therefore unlikely to make major contributions to the literature of their research area.
169. The most convincing recent estimate records a fall in that proportion from 77 percent in 1905 to 61 percent in 1916.
170. Like the cabalistic use of hints and allusions, it achieves results seemingly out of proportion to the measures employed.
171. This has gone up in virtually the same proportion as the labour cost.
172. I felt out of proportion with a short bob and, although striking, it was too neat and tidy for me.
173. The proportion not living with a partner as a part of a couple stayed fairly constant at about one in five.
174. At all ages up to 75, a higher proportion of women are likely to face caring responsibilities than their male counterparts.
175. Foreign bodies A small proportion of vaginal discharges are due to foreign bodies.
176. So long as he was solvent in law,(www.Sentencedict.com) he could not proportion his payments to creditors according to their respective debts.
177. Only a century ago, a fair proportion of us would have died in childbirth, or been dubbed dowagers by 40.
178. Will they have an astute sense of time, space, design, proportion, ratio, and the like?
179. This proportion is likely to fall in the current year as builders move from buying to renting plant.
180. Women worried about the cosmetic effects of insect bites on the face make up a significant proportion of those seeking medical assistance.
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.