proportion

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 33.68 uses per million words.

Meaning

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.
4. noun The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree.

   the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body

5. noun A statement of equality between two ratios.
6. noun The "rule of three", in which three terms are given to find a fourth.
7. noun Size.
8. verb To divide into proper shares; to apportion.

Similar words

proportionality balance dimension symmetry proportionate commensurate comparison total amount relation

Often followed by

of to as in is and between was that

Word family

proportional proportionally proportionate proportionately proportioned proportioning proportions