proportionate

English

Etymology

From Latin prōportiōnātus.

Morphologically proportion +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

• (adjective, UK) enPR: prə-pôʹshə-nət, IPA^(key): /pɹəˈpɔːʃənət/

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• (adjective, US) enPR: prə-pôrʹshə-nət, IPA^(key): /pɹəˈpɔɹʃənət/
• (verb, UK) enPR: prə-pôʹshə-nāt, IPA^(key): /pɹəˈpɔːʃəneɪt/

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• (verb, US) enPR: prə-pôrʹshə-nāt, IPA^(key): /pɹəˈpɔɹʃəneɪt/

Adjective

proportionate (comparative more proportionate, superlative most proportionate)

1. In proportion; proportional; commensurable.

   Antonyms: disproportionate, nonproportionate, unproportionate

   • 1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], →OCLC:

     What is proportionate to his transgression.

2. Harmonious and symmetrical.

Translations

proportional

• Bulgarian: пропорционален (bg) (proporcionalen)
• Catalan: proporcional (ca)
• Finnish: suhteellinen (fi)
• Hungarian: arányos (hu)
• Manx: coreiragh

harmonious and symmetrical

• Bulgarian: съразмерен (bg) (sǎrazmeren)
• Catalan: proporcional (ca)
• Finnish: sopusuhtainen (fi)
• Hungarian: arányos (hu)
• Portuguese: proporcional (pt)

Verb

proportionate (third-person singular simple present proportionates, present participle proportionating, simple past and past participle proportionated)

1. (transitive) To make proportionate.

Translations

to make proportionate

• Dutch: proportioneren
• French: proportionner (fr)
• German: proportionieren (de)

See also

• apportion

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proː.por.ti.oːˈnaː.te/, [proːpɔrt̪ioːˈnäːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro.por.t͡si.oˈna.te/, [proport̪͡s̪ioˈnäːt̪e]

Adjective

prōportiōnāte

1. vocative masculine singular of prōportiōnātus