proportions 1 of 2

noun

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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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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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

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verb

present tense third-person singular of proportion
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as in parts

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as in balances

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Recent Examples of proportions
Noun
Sculptural heels, sharp pointed toes and refined proportions create a highly feminine aesthetic while maintaining a sense of modern minimalism. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026 One week ago, a heat wave of record-proportions was bearing down on California. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Constructed from solid wood with a warm cocoa brown finish, this piece features classic proportions that work beautifully in both contemporary and traditional bedrooms. — Sarah Scott, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2026 If this trajectory continues, those proportions will only grow, with red states turning maximally red and blue states maximally blue. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026 By combining them in different proportions, the researchers can create 16 distinguishable colours and at least 300 different shades. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026 As New Atlas reported, the Jaguar Type 00 concept had strange cartoonish proportions. — New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026 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 Given medium, proportions, and form, from a distance Shift is barely distinguishable from the land. — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proportions
  1. portions
  2. ratios
  3. dimensions
  4. parts
  5. balances
  6. shares
  7. rates
  8. sizes
Noun
  • This year, lingering warmth could disrupt or shorten the fall foliage window for large portions of the country.
    — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Tishman’s people have spent the past few years sprucing up Rockefeller Center — the oldest portions of which are comparable in age to the Chrysler Building, though they’ve been better maintained — and trying to make its retail spaces more of a draw.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of portions
Noun
  • The numbers below are odds ratios, which compare how likely neck pain was in one group versus another.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
  • No debt-to-income ratios are required to qualify, which appeals to homeowners who lack a steady stream of income required for conventional loans.
    — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of ratios
Noun
  • Chair44 isn’t exactly the first example of such a monotile in three dimensions, according to Kaplan, a computer scientist whose research focuses on the intersection of mathematics and art.
    — Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The recently launched Coleman Snap 'N Go collapsible cooler is another slim storage solution, but its taller dimensions when set up into cooler mode won't help with car camping in the same way the Ice Box does.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of dimensions
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
Definition of parts
Verb
  • Quigley, bearded and burly but soft-edged with a deliberative way of speaking that can serve a range of emotions, is brilliant, and Patel balances him admirably.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Young balances his emotion on a razor’s edge every time, without exception.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of balances
Noun
  • Only governments, tribal governments, and charities can make these stock gifts, so billionaires have to move their shares into a charity first.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • This position enabled a client to make a charitable gift of more than $100,000 earlier this year through the transfer of 700 shares that originally cost less than $1,800, Clapp said.
    — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of shares
Noun
  • That organization’s July 2026 report showed Waymo vehicles’ police-reportable crash rates were 68% lower than those of human drivers, and the study said Waymos rate of rear-ending another car was 91% lower.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • In an earnings preview note, analysts at Seaport Global nudged up estimates on the view that net interest income (NII) stands to benefit from both deposit growth and higher rates.
    — Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of rates
Noun
  • Schools would have to spend the money on teacher pay and retention, smaller class sizes, career and technical education, or a combination of the three.
    — Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Scientists from the University of Birmingham and Aston University are targeting pore sizes ranging from 1 to 50 ångströms, with one ångström equal to one ten-billionth of a meter.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
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“Proportions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proportions. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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