Associations to the word «Proportionate»
Noun
- Necessary
- Agility
- Liability
- Dis
- Quantity
- Punishment
- Representation
- Share
- Seriousness
- Fitness
- Wherefore
- Enrollment
- Repentance
- Amount
- Severity
- Offence
- Proportion
- Allowance
- Magnitude
- Conformity
- Increase
- Likelihood
- Reduction
- Offender
- Decomposition
- Stratum
- Equality
- Thickness
- Intensity
- Sampling
- Equal
- Objective
- Strength
- Penalty
- Proprietor
- Revenue
- Extent
- Breadth
- Participation
- Fraction
- Intellect
- Compensation
- Expenditure
- Reward
- Aim
- Principle
- Percentage
- Sum
- Size
- Probability
- Harm
- Crime
- Weight
- Decrease
- Virtue
- Merit
- Tax
- Response
- Height
- Offense
- Equity
- Allocation
- Accordance
- Contrary
- Taxation
- Measure
Adjective
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
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