Proportionate
11proportionate — adjective something that is proportionate to something else stays in a correct or suitable relationship to the other thing in size, amount, importance etc: The decline in production was offset by a proportionate increase in federal aid. opposite… …
12proportionate — proportional, proportionate Both words mean ‘in due proportion, comparable’, and are used almost interchangeably, except in certain fixed expressions such as proportional parts and proportional representation. Otherwise, when proportional occurs… …
13proportionate — I. adjective Date: 14th century proportional 1 • proportionately adverb II. transitive verb ( ated; ating) Date: 1570 to make proportionate ; proportion …
14proportionate — proportionately, adv. proportionateness, n. adj. /preuh pawr sheuh nit, pohr /; v. /preuh pawr sheuh nayt , pohr /, adj., v., proportionated, proportionating. adj. 1. proportioned; being in due proportion; proportional. v.t. 2. to make… …
15proportionate — 1. adjective a) In proportion; proportional; commensurable. b) harmonious and symmetrical. Ant: disproportionate 2 …
16proportionate — adj. Proportionate is used with these nouns: ↑share …
17proportionate — [prəˈpɔːʃ(ə)nət] adj 1) not too big or too severe in relation to something else a punishment that is proportionate to the crime[/ex] 2) keeping the same relationship of size or amount to something else Syn: proportional proportionately adv …
18proportionate — pro•por•tion•ate adj. [[t]prəˈpɔr ʃə nɪt, ˈpoʊr [/t]] v. [[t] ˌneɪt[/t]] adj. v. at•ed, at•ing 1) proportioned; being in due proportion; proportional 2) to make proportionate • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < LL pro•por′tion•ate•ly, adv …
19proportionate — adjective /prəˈpɔʃənət/ (say pruh pawshuhnuht) 1. proportioned; being in due proportion; proportional. –verb (t) /prəˈpɔʃəneɪt/ (say pruh pawshuhnayt) (proportionated, proportionating) 2. to make proportionate. –proportionately, adverb… …
20proportionate stratified sampling — A probability sampling method in which different strata in a population are identified and in which the number of elements drawn from each stratum is proportionate to the relative number of elements in each stratum. Compare disproportionate… …
