Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: proportionate
IPA transcription: [pɹəp'ɔɹʃənət]
Pronunciations of proportionate
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: proportionate
    Meaning: being in due proportion; "proportionate representation of a minority group"
  • Synonyms: proportionate
    Meaning: agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree
Usage examples
  • Its quantity increases so that its proportionate value is very different.
  • The good news spread quickly through the house, and with proportionate speed through the neighbourhood.
  • It is his habit, in after-life, to combat every little costiveness, every digestive derangement, every incipient disease, by means of his cathartic mixture, and his skill is considered proportionate to the quantity of stuff which the bowels expel under the operation of his drugs.
  • At that time there resided in a decent mansion about a mile from the town of Chester, a dapper little gentleman, whom we shall call Doctor Parkes. This gentleman was the proprietor and sole professional manager of a private asylum for the insane and enjoyed a high reputation, and a proportionate amount of business, in his melancholy calling.
  • For man of you, your characteristic race, Here may he hardy, sweet, gigantic grow, here tower proportionate to Nature, Here climb the vast pure spaces unconfined, uncheck'd by wall or roof, Here laugh with storm or sun, here joy, here patiently inure, Here heed himself, unfold himself, (not others' formulas heed,) here fill his time, To duly fall, to aid, unreck'd at last, To disappear, to serve.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America), License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording George H. W. Bush, License CC BY-SA 4.0