proportion
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
Types & categories
- quotient hypernym
- case-fatality proportion hyponym
- case-to-infection proportion hyponym
- content hyponym
- rate hyponym
- scale hyponym
- golden mean hyponym
- percentage hyponym
- batting average hyponym
Parts & wholes
- proportional part meronym
Related & opposite
- proportion derivation
Sense 2 verb
give pleasant proportions to
harmonize a building with those surrounding it
Types & categories
- harmonize hypernym
Related & opposite
- proportionality derivation
- symmetry derivation
Sense 3 noun
magnitude or extent
a building of vast proportions
Types & categories
- magnitude hypernym
Sense 4 verb
adjust in size relative to other things
Types & categories
- adjust hypernym
- scale down hyponym
- scale up hyponym
Related & opposite
- proportion derivation
Sense 5 noun
balance among the parts of something
Types & categories
- equipoise hypernym
Related & opposite
- disproportion antonym
- proportion derivation
- symmetrize derivation
- symmetrical derivation
Sense 6 noun
the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree
an inordinate proportion of the book is given over to quotations
Types & categories
- magnitude relation hypernym
Sense 7 noun
harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance
Types & categories
- placement hypernym
Related & opposite
- proportion derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | proportion |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | proportional |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | quotient |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | case-fatality proportion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | case-to-infection proportion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | content |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scale |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | golden mean |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | percentage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | batting average |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | proportionality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | symmetry |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | harmonize |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | magnitude |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | proportion |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | adjust |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | scale down |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | scale up |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | disproportion |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | proportion |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | symmetrize |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | symmetrical |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | equipoise |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | magnitude relation |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | proportion |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | placement |