Past tense of proportion
regular verb
The past tense of proportion is proportioned. The past participle is also proportioned.
Forms of proportion
| Base form (V1) | proportion /pɹəˈpɔɹʃən/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | proportioned |
| Past participle (V3) | proportioned |
| Present participle | proportioning |
| Third person singular | proportions /pɹəˈpɔɹʃənz/ |
Proportioned in a sentence
- More classically proportioned figures could be paired, on the same page, with squatter, lumpier piles of flesh.2021 June 27, Jason Farago, “The Cézanne We’ve Forgotten How to See”, in The New York Times. From the entry lumpy
- Yeah, I know: magnificently proportioned women ought not to wear large splashy prints, but the fabric (rayon) was cheap and cool.2005 September 10, Trish Brown, “Manth!? How's Ishtar?”, in alt.beenz (Usenet), message-ID <oLxUe.331$_q1.11721@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au>. From the entry hibisci
- Both are simple enough for the smallest girl to enjoy, well proportioned enough to be “decoratable” and thus hold the interest of an older girl.1963 October 27, “Your ‘Little Doll’ Will Love One Of These Doll Houses”, in The Cincinnati Enquirer, 123rd year, number 201, page 6-I. From the entry decoratable
- The girl's figure, he perceived, was admirably proportioned; she was evidently at the period when the angles of childhood were rounding into the promising curves of adolescence.1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company…. From the entry round
Meaning of proportion
- noun A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.
- noun Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole.
- noun Proper or equal share.
Questions about the past tense of proportion
- What is the past tense of proportion?
- The past tense of proportion is proportioned.
- What is the past participle of proportion?
- The past participle of proportion is proportioned.
- Is proportion a regular or irregular verb?
- Proportion is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: proportion (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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