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• Bequests and legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.From the entry abate
• Major manufacturers add a small proportion of caramel to color their cognacs.From the entry cognac
• In this recipe, the flour and sugar are in fifty-fifty proportions.From the entry fifty-fifty
• There are liquidogenous and gasogenous molecules, which co-exist in proportions depending upon the temperature.From the entry liquidogenous
• I only said that she wasn't as young as she used to be, and her response was out of proportion.From the entry out of proportion
• The high proportions of Asian students at prestigious universities feed into the stereotype of Asians putting a high value on education.From the entry feed into
• I don’t think we need to blow it out of proportion. There’s a problem, and we should fix it.From the entry blow out of proportion
• The not-to-scale cartoon characters exhibit exaggerated facial proportions.From the entry not-to-scale
• It should then tax all of that as personal income, less the proportion of the car's annual mileage demonstrably clocked up on company business.From the entry less
• A large proportion of the females employed in other firms are said to have signified their intention of going on strike, failing a settlement.From the entry failing
• Lime-cement mortar is also known as composition or "compo" mortar, guarded or gauged mortar. The mix contains, lime, cement and sand in proportions depending on the requirements of the work.From the entry compo
• Redundancies accounted for a smaller proportion of the change, although no less significant to those affected.2023 March 22, Mike Esbester, “Staff, the public and industry will suffer”, in RAIL, number 979, page 39. From the entry coda
• The proportion of female colleagues in the Hsinchu County Government and its affiliated units has reached 61%.2022 March 8, “Magistrate Yang Wen-ke Sends Female Staff in Hsinchu County Government Roses for Their Contributions”, in HsinChu County…. From the entry power
• 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
• “As our native birthrate falls, immigration will account for an increasing proportion of our growth,” Tanton warned.2021, Kathleen Belew, Ramon A. Gutierrez, editors, A Field Guide to White Supremacy, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 208. From the entry white replacement theory
• The Marmageddon reaction seemed entirely out of proportion to the problem.2018 July 19, Jennifer Bowden, “Remember Marmageddon? It could be the key to your food cravings”, in Stuff. From the entry Marmageddon
• Like thieves, square johns are a shrinking proportion of the American inmate population.2017, David Musick, Kristine Gunsaulus-Musick, American Prisons: Their Past, Present and Future, page 27. From the entry square john
• I now want to plant some climbers of more manageable proportions to soften the building.2015 February 7, Helen Yemm, “Thorny problems: How can I soften a brick wall with plants?”, in The Daily Telegraph (London), page G7. From the entry soften
• Barm brack, a raisin-studded teacake of gargantuan proportions, is the speciality of many an Irish matron.2015 November 19, Claire Sandy, Snowed in for Christmas, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 131. From the entry teacake
• These authors also observed increased proportions of 18:1 in peristernal adipose tissue of starved reindeer calves.2015 December 18, “Fatty Acid Composition of Muscle, Adipose Tissue and Liver from Muskoxen ( Ovibos moschatus ) Living in West…. From the entry peristernal
• The addition of a microadapter in accordance with the increasing proportion of microsurgical procedures in neurosurgery.2013, Leon Goldman, The Biomedical Laser: Technology and Clinical Applications, page 220. From the entry microadapter
• But he was beginning to feel like a crackpot of Kaczynskian proportions.2011, Bill Fitzhugh, The Organ Grinders. From the entry Kaczynskian
• Mojitos come in glasses of soupbowl-like proportions, and food servings are generous.2011, The Green Guide: Colombia, Michelin, →ISBN, page 147. From the entry soupbowl
• A large proportion reported on having drunk beer, wine, cider or breezers than having consumed spirits.2009, Josine Junger-Tas, Ineke Haen Marshall, Dirk Enzmann, Juvenile Delinquency in Europe and Beyond, page 176. From the entry breezer
• Marketing analysts have noticed that the proportion of Internet users who are streamies is increasing.2005, Alan Kvanli, Robert Pavur, Kellie Keeling, Concise Managerial Statistics, →ISBN. From the entry streamie
• Thus, there may be about this proportion of people who will not recidive.2004, J[ames] K[eith] Lindsey, “Finite mixtures”, in Statistical Analysis of Stochastic Processes in Time (Cambridge Series in Statistical…. From the entry recidive
• Some were curious about the proportion of gen only, slash only, and bifictional readers.2000 June 6, S. Mallet (AKA Marmoset), “Preferences in Sentinel Fanfic -- New Poll”, in alt.tv.sentinel (Usenet). From the entry bifictional
• The maxillary central incisor crown is relatively broad mesiodistally in proportion to its height (Fig. 2 ).1999 August 27, Steve Ward et al., “Equatorius: A New Hominoid Genus from the Middle Miocene of Kenya”, in Science, volume 285, number…. From the entry mesiodistally
• MEGO is usually directed at senior management by engineers and contains a high proportion of TLAs.1993 May 10, Eric Raymond, editor, The Jargon File. From the entry mego
• Only one thing could be considered and attributed: Leah's collectomania that grew to fanatic proportions after marriage.1993, Carl Muller, The Jam Fruit Tree, page 126. From the entry collectomania
• For in the past 12 months, the world has known changes of almost biblical proportions.1992, George H. W. Bush, State of the Union Address. From the entry biblical
• The proportion of English words that have an exact synonym is small.1991, William T. Parry, Edward A. Hacker, Aristotelian Logic. From the entry synonym
• The body is of the well-known athletic type, that, by no means, is stereotype in its proportions.1990, Ingegerd Lindblad, “Two Standing Tomb-statuettes from the New Kingdom”, in Eva Rystedt, editor, Bulletin, volume 25, Stockholm…. From the entry stereotype
• Hazardous waste disposal problems confronted by academic institutions have reached critical proportions today.1990, James A. Kaufman, Waste Disposal in Academic Institutions, →ISBN. From the entry academic institution
• Contrastedly, the elderly make up a sizeable proportion of TEFAP recipients, comprising 38% of the program's participation.1990, United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Hunger. Domestic Task Force, An Examination of Issues Affecting the Low-income…. From the entry contrastedly
• And when he hits a double biceps shot, his proportion is more than a little startling.1988, Steve Holman, “Christian Conquers Columbus”, in Ironman, 47 (6): 28-34. From the entry double biceps
• The high proportion of ‘doddards’ shows the lack of replacement, caused by the grazing.1987, Phil Colebourn, Bob Gibbons, Britain’s Natural Heritage: Reading Our Countryside’s Past, London: Book Club Associates, →OCLC, page…. From the entry doddard
• Column strength never exceeded 72 men, and the results achieved were out of all proportion.1986, Peter Abbott, Philip Botham, Modern African Wars. From the entry scouts
• This sand and cement is mixed to a proportion of 1:1,5 or 1:3.1986, John van Winden, Wolfram Pforte, Fritz Hoherlein, Rural Building: Basic Knowledge, volume 2, page 178. From the entry spatterdash

Meaning of proportion

1. noun A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.
2. noun Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole.
3. noun Proper or equal share.

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Questions about proportion in a sentence

How do you use proportion in a sentence?

Proportion is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Bequests and legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.”

What is a short sentence with proportion?

“The not-to-scale cartoon characters exhibit exaggerated facial proportions.”

What does proportion mean?

Proportion means a quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.