PROPORTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
   Synonym(s)
   • balance (what does balance mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance- John Ruskin
   Hypernyms(s) proportion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • placement (what does placement mean?)
   • arrangement (what does arrangement mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • proportion (what does proportion mean?)
2. Meaning
   • magnitude or extent
   Synonym(s)
   • dimension (what does dimension mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a building of vast proportions
   Hypernyms(s) proportion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • magnitude (what does magnitude mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
   Synonym(s)
   • proportionality (what does proportionality mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) proportion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • quotient (what does quotient mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • case-fatality proportion (what does case-fatality proportion mean?)
   • case-to-infection proportion (what does case-to-infection proportion mean?)
   • case-to-infection ratio (what does case-to-infection ratio mean?)
   • content (what does content mean?)
   • scale (what does scale mean?)
   • golden section (what does golden section mean?)
   • golden mean (what does golden mean mean?)
   • commensurateness (what does commensurateness mean?)
   • correspondence (what does correspondence mean?)
   • proportionateness (what does proportionateness mean?)
   • percentage (what does percentage mean?)
   • percent (what does percent mean?)
   • per centum (what does per centum mean?)
   • pct (what does pct mean?)
   • batting average (what does batting average mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • proportion (what does proportion mean?)
4. Meaning
   • balance among the parts of something
   Synonym(s)
   • symmetry (what does symmetry mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) proportion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • balance (what does balance mean?)
   • equilibrium (what does equilibrium mean?)
   • equipoise (what does equipoise mean?)
   • counterbalance (what does counterbalance mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • disproportion (what does disproportion mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • proportion (what does proportion mean?)
   • symmetrize (what does symmetrize mean?)
   • symmetrise (what does symmetrise mean?)
   • symmetrize (what does symmetrize mean?)
   • symmetrise (what does symmetrise mean?)

PROPORTION as VERB

1. Meaning
   • adjust in size relative to other things
   Hypernyms(s) proportion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • adjust (what does adjust mean?)
   • set (what does set mean?)
   • correct (what does correct mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • scale down (what does scale down mean?)
   • scale up (what does scale up mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • proportion (what does proportion mean?)
   • proportionality (what does proportionality mean?)
2. Meaning
   • give pleasant proportions to
   Usage Example(s)
   • harmonize a building with those surrounding it
   Hypernyms(s) proportion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • harmonize (what does harmonize mean?)
   • harmonise (what does harmonise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • symmetry (what does symmetry mean?)
   • proportion (what does proportion mean?)
   • proportion (what does proportion mean?)
   • balance (what does balance mean?)