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# proportionate

«proportionate» in Mova's school dictionary: **In the right size, amount or degree compared with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (proportionate)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In the right size, amount or degree compared with something else; fair and not too much. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proportionate/#m2)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «proportionate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proportionate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.