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# proportionate

adjective (proportionate)

«proportionate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In the right size, amount or degree compared with something else; fair and not too much. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proportionate/#m1)
2. (maths) Growing or shrinking in the same ratio as something else: «proportionate to». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proportionate/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths, two amounts are proportionate when one is always the same multiple of the other: «cost is proportionate to weight». In ethics and law, a punishment should be «proportionate to» the wrong. Phrases: «proportionate to», «a proportionate response», «disproportionate».

### Examples

- The punishment should be proportionate to what you did. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proportionate/#x1)
- Your pocket money is proportionate to the jobs you do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proportionate/#x2)
- The cost of the apples is proportionate to their weight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proportionate/#x3)
- Doubling the recipe needs a proportionate amount of eggs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proportionate/#x4)
- Shouting at a tiny mistake is not a proportionate response. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proportionate/#x5)
- Her pay was proportionate to her hours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proportionate/#x6)

### Note

Opposite «disproportionate» (too big or too small). Also «proportional», which is the usual word in maths. In maths problems: if y is proportionate to x, then y = kx; doubling x doubles y. Adverb «proportionately».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «proportionate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proportionate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«proportionate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/proportionate.html) on Mova free.