proportionate
adjective
pro·por·tion·ate
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Definition of proportionate
(Entry 1 of 2)
proportionate
verb
pro·por·tion·ate
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proportionated;
proportionating
Definition of proportionate (Entry 2 of 2)
: to make proportionate : proportion
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Synonyms & Antonyms for proportionate
Synonyms: Adjective
commensurable, commensurate, proportional
Antonyms: Adjective
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Examples of proportionate in a Sentence
Adjective
Each investor will receive a proportionate share of the profits. expect financial returns proportionate to your effortsRecent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Environmental experts have noted that Brazil’s intervention so far has been far from proportionate to the scale of the emergency. — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, "Jair Bolsonaro doesn’t need the G7 money to ignore the Amazon fires," 27 Aug. 2019 Any undistributed money from draws will be pooled and shared between all clubs in the group stage in amounts proportionate to their number of wins - win more, earn more. — SI.com, "UEFA Reveal Prize Money on Offer for Champions League & Europa League in 2019/20," 11 July 2019 Just remember to keep the size of the splurge proportionate with the size of the windfall. — Bruce Helmer And Peg Webb, Twin Cities, "Your Money: How to make the most of a financial windfall," 14 July 2019 In a punitive self-defense situation, the violence must still be proportionate. — Daniel Menegaz, EW.com, "A$AP Rocky freed from Swedish custody ahead of assault trial ruling," 2 Aug. 2019 Other nations lavish proportionate amounts, which can only increase now that cyberwarfare and information games have become inextricably entangled with intelligence and counterterrorism. — David Gilmour, The New York Review of Books, "Max Hastings," 4 Apr. 2019 The president’s crude tweets and Barack Obama’s overreaching use of his pen are cheered by their supporters as proportionate responses to alarming circumstances. — Bobby Jindal, WSJ, "Conservatives, Put Culture First," 1 July 2019 The court agreed with prosecutors that Assange could pose a flight risk, but said detention would not be proportionate. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, "Julian Assange scores legal victory as Swedish court denies detention request," 4 June 2019 Photo: Jim Young/Bloomberg News Mall leases typically allow landlords to charge tenants for their proportionate share of certain expenses, such as taxes and maintenance fees. — Mike Cherney, WSJ, "Gap Sues Westfield Over Mall Expenses as Tensions Rise in Retail World," 17 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'proportionate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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