in proportion to
idiom
1
: related in size, number, or amount to (something else)
Your share of the profits will be in proportion to the amount of work that you do.
2
: having the correct or appropriate relationship in size, shape, or position to (some other part of the same thing)
The garage is not in proportion to the house.
3
: when compared to the size, shape, or position of (some other part of the same thing)
His head is large in proportion to his body.
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
On Wednesday, Trump asserted that domestic manufacturing would spike in proportion to the scale of the levies.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2025
And that generally grows in proportion to a company’s IP portfolio.
—Olena Orliuk, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Share [Findings] The U.S. municipal bond market penalizes communities in proportion to the percentage of their population that is black but generally ignores their vulnerability to climate change.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
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“In proportion to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20proportion%20to. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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