Definition of proportion
- each did her proportion of the work
His ears were drawn out of proportion with his head.
The size of the window seems out of proportion with the height of the wall.
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First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearbalance, coherence, consonance, consonancy, harmony, orchestration, symmetry, symphony, unity;
asymmetry, discordance, disproportion, disunity, imbalance, incoherence, violence;
confusion, disorganization, dissonance, disturbance, tension;
coordination, correlation, correspondence, equalization, equilibrium, evenness, order, orderliness, regularity, uniformity;
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14th century
: an amount that is a part of a whole
: the relationship that exists between the size, number, or amount of two things
: the correct or appropriate relationship between the size, shape, and position of the different parts of something
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