proportionate
/pɹəˈpɔːʃənət/US/pɹəˈpɔɹʃənət/
proportionate adjective: in proportion; proportional; commensurable.
Adjective
proportionate (comparative more proportionate, superlative most proportionate)
- In proportion; proportional; commensurable.
- What is proportionate to his transgression.1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], →OCLC
- “The UK government’s protective security system is rigorous and proportionate. It is our longstanding policy not to provide detailed information on those arrangements, as doing so could compromise their integrity and affect individuals’ security.”2026 June 28, Josh Halliday, quoting government spokesperson, “Prince Harry may cancel UK family visit after being refused police protection”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- Antonyms:
- disproportionate, nonproportionate, unproportionate
- Harmonious and symmetrical.
Verb
proportionate (third-person singular simple present proportionates, present participle proportionating, simple past and past participle proportionated)
- To make proportionate.
proportionate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
proportionate in Tamil
- அளவுவாரியாக, வீதப்படியான, விகிதப்படியுள்ள
proportionate in Urdu
- proportional
- متناسب mutanāsib
proportionate in Bengali
- আনুপাতিক, সুষম
proportionate in Kannada
- ಸೂಕ್ತ ಪ್ರಮಾಣಕ್ಕೆ ಅನುಗುಣವಾದ, ಮಾಟವಾದ, ಯಥೋಚಿತ, ಸರಿ ಪ್ರಮಾಣದ, ದಾಮಾಷಾ ಪ್ರಕಾರದ
More languagesFewer languages
- proportionate in Gujarati
- પ્રમાણસર
- proportionate in Arabic
- مُتَنَاسِب mutanāsib
Antonyms of proportionate
Forms of proportionate
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more proportionate |
| superlative | most proportionate |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | proportionates |
| present participle | proportionating |
| past participle | proportionated |
| past | proportionated |
Origin of proportionate
Borrowed from Latin prōportiōnātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, proportion + -ate.
Words formed from proportionate
Questions about proportionate
- What does proportionate mean?
- Proportionate means in proportion; proportional; commensurable.
- What is proportionate in Tamil?
- Proportionate in Tamil is அளவுவாரியாக, வீதப்படியான, விகிதப்படியுள்ள. See Proportionate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is proportionate?
- Proportionate can be an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce proportionate?
- Proportionate is pronounced /pɹəˈpɔːʃənət/ (UK).
Words near proportionate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: proportionate (page history and authors); proportionate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); proportionate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); proportionate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); proportionate (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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