Associations to the word «Proportionate»

Wiktionary

PROPORTIONATE, adjective. In proportion; proportional; commensurable.
PROPORTIONATE, adjective. Harmonious and symmetrical.
PROPORTIONATE, verb. (transitive) To make proportionate.

Dictionary definition

PROPORTIONATE, adjective. Being in due proportion; "proportionate representation of a minority group".
PROPORTIONATE, adjective. Agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree.
PROPORTIONATE, adjective. Exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis