Betekenis van:
proportion

proportion
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • juiste verhouding
  • the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole

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proportion
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • juiste onderlinge verhouding van de onderdelen van een geheel
  • balance among the parts of something

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proportion
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree
    "an inordinate proportion of the book is given over to quotations"
    "a dry martini has a large proportion of gin"

    Synoniemen

    Hyperoniemen

    proportion
    Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • afmeting, proportie, verhouding, verhoudingen, maat
    • magnitude or extent
    "a building of vast proportions"

    Synoniemen

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    proportion
    Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • evenredigheid
    • magnitude or extent
    "a building of vast proportions"

    Synoniemen

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    proportion
    Zelfstandig naamwoord
      • harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)

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      to proportion
      Werkwoord
        • adjust in size relative to other things

        Hyperoniemen

        Hyponiemen

        to proportion
        Werkwoord
          • give pleasant proportions to

          Hyperoniemen


          Voorbeeldzinnen

          1. In Japan wages are usually in proportion to seniority.
          2. The media blew the whole thing out of proportion.
          3. The punishment should be in proportion to the crime.
          4. In proportion as the sales increase, the profit will rise.
          5. The income tax rate increases in proportion as your salary rises.
          6. A working man should be paid in proportion to his skill, not his age.
          7. In proportion as our GNP increases, our living standards go up.
          8. The wages will be paid in proportion to the work done.
          9. The Ministry of Education increased the proportion of indigenous language usage in the schools.
          10. The income tax rate increases in proportion to the salary increase.
          11. The proportion of sunny days to rainy days last month was 4 to 1.
          12. Here the wages are paid in proportion to the amount of work done.
          13. Europe has no doubt increased considerably during the last hundred years, though perhaps not in so great a proportion as Great Britain.
          14. With every increase of scientific knowledge, man's power for evil is increased in the same proportion as his power for good.
          15. Monsieur D'Espilly, in the year 1772, calculated the population of France at upwards of 22 millions; namely, 10,562,631 males, and 11,451,726 females; consequently the proportion of females to males was about 14 to 13.