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

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche