Definitions for proportioned

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proportioned pro·por·tioned

Spelling: [pruh-pawr-shuh nd, -pohr-]

IPA: /prəˈpɔr ʃənd, -ˈpoʊr-/

Proportioned is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 583 anagrams from letters in proportioned (deinooopprrt).

Definitions for proportioned

noun

1. comparative relation between things or magnitudes as to size, quantity, number, etc.; ratio.
2. proper relation between things or parts:
3. relative size or extent.
4. proportions, dimensions or size:
5. a portion or part in its relation to the whole:
6. symmetry, harmony, or balance:
7. the significance of a thing or event that an objective view reveals:
8. Mathematics. a relation of four quantities such that the first divided by the second is equal to the third divided by the fourth; the equality of ratios. Compare rule of three.
9. Archaic. analogy; comparison.

adjective

1. adjusted to proper proportion or relation.
2. having proportions as specified:

verb (used with object)

1. to adjust in proper proportion or relation, as to size, quantity, etc.
2. to balance or harmonize the proportions of.

Origin of proportioned

First recorded in 1350-1400, proportioned is from the Middle English word proporcioned. See proportion, -ed²

Examples for proportioned

His enjoyment of it will be proportioned to the extent to which it is his own creation.

Any object may be proportioned out (literally, measured) in a similar way.

If one appears wise 'tis but because his folly is proportioned to his age and fortune.

Miss Amabel took on an added dignity, proportioned to the discomfort of her task.

The permanence of industry in any state must be proportioned to the certainty of its reward.

The price of these indulgences is proportioned to the rank of the purchaser.

Let it not be said that direct taxation is to be proportioned to representation.

As this is an astringent, the doses must be proportioned accordingly, and the mixture is wholesome only while it remains sweet.

He renewed his recommendations of measures of defense "proportioned to the danger."

If the dumplins are small, three quarters of an hour will boil them; if large, the time must be proportioned to their size.