proportions 1 of 2

plural of proportion
1
as in portions
something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group the players argue that they aren't getting the proportion of the league's profits that are due to them

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2
as in ratios
the relationship in quantity, amount, or size between two or more things the proportion of length to width for those screens was usually three to two

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3
as in dimensions
the total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something the exact proportions of the room were critical

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proportions

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of proportion

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Recent Examples of proportions
Noun
For fall 2026, the focus is on four core jackets, the Karakorum, Verone, Himalaya and Tibb, each reworked with new materials, proportions and details. — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026 Named after the famous Parisian district and first introduced in 2004, the style has become a Louboutin signature with its sleek proportions expressing the sensuality embedded in the brand. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026 Given medium, proportions, and form, from a distance Shift is barely distinguishable from the land. — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 The industry has long ago moved away from those specific proportions. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026 What Jefferson envisaged, in contrast, was an unyielding north-south grid of continental proportions. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 The place looks like a château stretched to king-size American SUV proportions. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 25 Sep. 2026 What begins as a trivial disagreement reaches new proportions regarding how far a lack of dialogue can drive people. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026 Over time, this has led retrotransposons to make up large proportions of a host genome in some cases; for example, nearly half of the human genome is retrotransposons. — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proportions
Noun
  • New wave of proteinmaxxing Higher protein portions are becoming the new normal as Americans search for healthier lifestyles amidst the affordability and food safety crisis.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The applicant portal supports people who have progressed through portions of the special-agent hiring process, making the type of information potentially involved especially sensitive.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Perhaps those ratios seem obvious; just about half the money from a little less than half the screens.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Plans also call for eliminating teacher-student staff ratios, defaulting caps to the licensing requirements of each state.
    — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • At Bank of America, Gopalkrishnan said the company evaluates AI implementations across 16 risk dimensions, including privacy, bias, workforce implications and intellectual property.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers have long thought that in a turbulent system like a current of water, energy flows in only one direction, from larger scales to smaller ones, or vice versa, depending on the system’s dimensions.
    — Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Trever parts his hair to the right while his brother styles his combover to the left.
    — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Later, Hamilton parts the sea on his kick scooter, speedily escaping from the hectic press area.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Neouze balances spiral dresses and intricately layered balloon-leg trousers with cleaner separates in jersey and organza.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Jo and Raissa play this conflict out on screen in a story that balances action and adventure with an emotional climax that left me in tears.
    — Parents, Parents, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Alito said he was not required to recuse himself and that the energy shares in question were inherited by his wife.
    — Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • As for his SpaceX funds, Meyer told investors in 2021 that a large purchase in SpaceX assets had closed even though the third-party fund that held the shares wouldn’t approve the transfer, the complaint states.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The picture could change, however, if higher rates finally begin to inflict significant damage on the economy or financial markets.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Aubrey Layne, Sentara’s chief administrative officer, said lower payment rates from government programs — and impending cuts to Medicaid — are forcing the hospital to play hardball with the insurers that are representing employers.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • As election sizes grow, the number of such combinations explodes.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
  • She’s used to shrinking text down to sizes smaller than the human eye can comfortably read just to make everything fit — and to keep products within their industry’s regulations.
    — HubSpot, HubSpot, 1 Oct. 2026

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“Proportions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proportions. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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