Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being in due proportion; proportional.
- transitive verb To make proportionate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having proportion, or due proportion; adjusted to something else according to a certain rate or comparative relation; proportional.
- To make proportional; adjust according to a settled rate or to due comparative relation or proportion: as, to
proportionate punishments to crimes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.
- transitive verb To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective In
proportion ;proportional ;commensurable . - adjective
Harmonious andsymmetrical . - verb transitive To make proportionate.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities
- adjective being in due proportion
- adjective agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree
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Examples
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As to the point to Adam B. - I was using an "extreme" example to prove a point re. the legitimacy of using the term proportionate at all (which is standardly used by the police re. proportionate force etc.).
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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When I last covered Giuliani the night of the Iowa Caucus, in fact, he was here in Florida, as we all know, saying he was not at all worried about what he calls his proportionate strategy.
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The notion that a military response should be proportionate is silly.
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We don't make it onto the Hugo ballot in proportionate numbers, I suspect because the voter base for the Hugos has its favorites.
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Except, this equation has one extra term proportionate to hbar.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Quantum Mechanics, But Were Afraid to Ask Sean 2008
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Moreover, it raises the farmer's income, enhances his standard of living, absorbs the rain, keeps his farm from migrating to the Gulf of Mexico, and in proportionate degree it aids in lessening the volume of flood waters each year.
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Proportional net debt is defined as our proportionate share of our affiliates' net debt.
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But was it "proportionate" -- using the buzzword of the moment?
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Every time that Israel allowed the terrorists to strike with relative impunity - every time the response was 'proportionate' - Hamas and Hezbollah gained support among Palestinians and respect in the world as a whole (because, no matter what they say, even overcivilized Europeans love a winner).
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Indeed, it would appear that the real interests of political actors will find expression proportionate to their power, regardless of administrative arrangements Coy, 1946; Dimock, 1951.
Rediscovering Institutions JAMES G. MARCH 1989
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