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  • 1proportion — I. n. 1. Arrangement, relation, adaptation (of parts). 2. Distribution, adjustment, symmetry, symmetrical, relation. 3. Share, lot, part, portion. II. v. a. 1. Adjust (in proper relations), regulate, graduate, put in proportion. 2 …

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  • 2proportion — n 1. relationship, ratio, comparative size or extent, relative importance or significance, relative size or extent; correlation, correspondence, agreement, analogy, commensurateness; conformity, congruity, keeping, consistency; symmetry, ideal… …

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  • 3put things in proportion — put things in their proper perspective, saw the situation for what it was, gave the matter the proper amount of importance and/or consideration …

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  • 4proportion — pro|por|tion1 W2S2 [prəˈpo:ʃən US ˈpo:r ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(part of something)¦ 2¦(relationship)¦ 3¦(correct scale)¦ 4 proportions 5 out of (all) proportion 6 keep something in proportion 7 sense of proportion 8¦(mathematics)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300… …

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  • 5Put On A Put — One of the four types of compound options, this is a put option on another underlying put option. The buyer of a put on a put has the right but not the obligation to sell the underlying put option also known as the vanilla option on the… …

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  • 6Put On A Call — One of the four types of compound options, this is a put option on an underlying call option. The buyer of a put on a call has the right but not the obligation to sell the underlying call option on the expiration date. This type of option is used …

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  • 7proportion — Synonyms and related words: accommodate, accord, acreage, adapt, addition, adjust, adjust to, agreement, allegory, allotment, allowance, amount, amplitude, analogousness, analogy, approximation, area, arithmetical proportion, arrangement, array,… …

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  • 8Put a big hole in — eat or drink a large proportion of: Well, I may not have finished it, but I put a big hole in it …

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  • 9put a big hole in — Australian Slang eat or drink a large proportion of: Well, I may not have finished it, but I put a big hole in it …

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  • 10put in the right perspective —    When people see or put things in their right perspective, they keep in proportion all the elements of a situation, without exaggerating the importance of any aspect.     If Tom could see things in their right perspective, the situation would… …

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