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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:
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allotment
English
Etymology
From Old French alotement (modern French allotement).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??l?t.m?nt/
Noun
allotment (countable and uncountable, plural allotments)
- The act of allotting.
- 2007, Ruth Chambers, Kay Mohanna, David Wall, How to Succeed as a Leader
- You will achieve more in designated sessions of quiet uninterrupted periods than in a longer allotment of time broken up by various activities.
- 1873, Henry Sumner Maine, The early history of the property of married women
- The allotment of particular names to special ideas which gradually disengage themselves from a general idea is apparently determined by accident.
- 2007, Ruth Chambers, Kay Mohanna, David Wall, How to Succeed as a Leader
- Something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed
- 1906, Thomas William Shore, Origin of the Anglo-Saxon Race Chapter 9
- Similar customs prevailed in a part of Friesland, the most notable of which was the ‘Jus Theelacticum,’ or custom of the Theel lands, doles, or allottable lands in East Friesland, not far from the mouth of the Ems. There an inherited allotment was indivisible; on the death of the father it passed intact to the youngest son, and on his death without issue it fell into the possession of the whole community
- 1906, Thomas William Shore, Origin of the Anglo-Saxon Race Chapter 9
- (law) The allowance of a specific amount of money or other credit of a particular thing to a particular person.
- 2013, Maxine Holsinger, The Life of Maxine Holsinger
- Maynard used to help before he got sick, but there was no income except what I brought in my allotment.
- 2013, Maxine Holsinger, The Life of Maxine Holsinger
- (Britain) A plot of land rented from the council for growing fruit and vegetables.
- 2015, Cathy Bramley, Ivy Lane
- The fallout of this unexpected turn of events was that it was Saturday morning, the first day of the Easter holidays, before the thought of my allotment even entered my head. Goodness only knew how big my carrots were going to be by the time I got round there!
- 2015, Cathy Bramley, Ivy Lane
Translations
allotment From the web:
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- allotment what to plant now
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