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proportion
English
Etymology
From Middle English proporcion, from Old French proportion, from Latin pr?porti? (“comparative relation, proportion, symmetry, analogy”), from pro (“for, before”) + portio (“share, part”); see portion.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /p???p????n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p???p????n/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /p???po(?)???n/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /p???po???n/
- Rhymes: -??(?)??n
- Hyphenation: pro?por?tion
Noun
proportion (countable and uncountable, plural proportions)
- (countable) A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.
- “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital, […]!”
- (uncountable) Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole.
- (countable) Proper or equal share.
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- Let the women […] do the same things in their proportions and capacities.
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree.
- 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments
- The image of Christ made in Pilate's time after his own proportion.
- 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments
- (mathematics, countable) A statement of equality between two ratios.
- (mathematics, archaic) The "rule of three", in which three terms are given to find a fourth.
- (countable, chiefly in the plural) Size.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
proportion (third-person singular simple present proportions, present participle proportioning, simple past and past participle proportioned)
- (transitive) To divide into proper shares; to apportion.
- (transitive) To form symmetrically.
- (transitive, art) To set or render in proportion.
- (transitive, archaic) To correspond to.
Translations
Further reading
- proportion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- proportion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Latin pr?porti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.p??.sj??/
Noun
proportion f (plural proportions)
- proportion
Derived terms
proportion From the web:
- what proportion of the electorate are party identifiers
- what proportion of crows in the sample
- what proportion of the variation in electricity production
- what proportion of disputes that begin the eeoc
- what proportion mean
- what is an example of a proportion
allocation
English
Etymology
From Middle French allocacion, from Medieval Latin alloc?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æl??ke???n/
Noun
allocation (countable and uncountable, plural allocations)
- The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
- The allocation of new permits is on a first-come, first-served basis.
- That which is allocated; allowance, entitlement.
- The farmer received his full allocation of water from the government.
Derived terms
- allocational
Translations
References
- allocation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- locational
French
Etymology
From Middle French allocacion, from Medieval Latin alloc?ti?.
Pronunciation
Noun
allocation f (plural allocations)
- allocation
- granting, assignment
- benefit, allowance
Derived terms
- allocation familiale
Further reading
- “allocation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
allocation From the web:
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- what allocation means
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- what allocation size for fat32
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- what allocation of stocks and bonds by age
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