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Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.
Leon Battista Alberti

Meaning of "proportionately" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROPORTIONATELY

proportionately  [prəˈpɔːʃənətlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROPORTIONATELY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Proportionately is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES PROPORTIONATELY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of proportionately in the English dictionary

The definition of proportionately in the dictionary is in proportion.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROPORTIONATELY


affectionately
əˈfɛkʃənətlɪ
co-ordinately
kəʊˈɔːdɪnətlɪ
compassionately
kəmˈpæʃ ənətlɪ
coordinately
kəʊˈɔːdɪnətlɪ
determinately
dɪˈtɜːmɪnətlɪ
discriminately
dɪsˈkrɪmɪnətlɪ
dispassionately
dɪsˈpæʃənətlɪ
disproportionately
ˌdɪsprəˈpɔːʃ ənətlɪ
effeminately
ɪˈfemɪnətlɪ
emarginately
ɪˈmɑːdʒɪˌnətlɪ
extortionately
ɪkˈstɔːʃ ənətlɪ
indiscriminately
ˌɪndɪsˈkrɪmɪnətlɪ
inordinately
ɪnˈɔːdɪnətlɪ
insubordinately
ˌɪnsəˈbɔːdɪnətlɪ
obstinately
ˈɒbstɪnətlɪ
opinionately
əˈpɪnjənətlɪ
ordinately
ˈɔːdɪnətlɪ
passionately
ˈpæʃənətlɪ
predominately
prɪˈdɒmɪnətlɪ
subordinately
səˈbɔːdɪnətlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROPORTIONATELY

proportion
proportionability
proportionable
proportionably
proportional
proportional counter
proportional font
proportional representation
proportional spacing
proportionality
proportionally
proportionate
proportionateness
proportioning
proportionless
proportionment
proportions
proposable
proposal
proposal form

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROPORTIONATELY

absolutely
accurately
adequately
alternately
appropriately
approximately
deliberately
delicately
desperately
fortunately
immediately
inappropriately
intimately
lately
legitimately
moderately
privately
separately
stately
ultimately
unfortunately

Synonyms and antonyms of proportionately in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «proportionately» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROPORTIONATELY

Find out the translation of proportionately to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of proportionately from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «proportionately» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

比例
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

proporcionalmente
570 millions of speakers

English

proportionately
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनुपात
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بشكل متناسب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пропорционально
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

proporcionalmente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আনুপাতিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

proportionnellement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersesuaian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

proportional
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

比例して
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비례
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kanthi sebutan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tỷ lệ tương ứng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விகிதாச்சார
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रमाणानुसार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

orantılı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

proporzionalmente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

proporcjonalnie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пропорційно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

proporțional
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναλογικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

proporsioneel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

proportionellt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forholdsmessig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of proportionately

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROPORTIONATELY»

The term «proportionately» is quite widely used and occupies the 53.941 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROPORTIONATELY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about proportionately

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5 QUOTES WITH «PROPORTIONATELY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word proportionately.
1
Leon Battista Alberti
Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.
2
Joseph P. Bradley
A man is most happy when he is most perfect, and he is most perfect when all his faculties are proportionately and harmoniously developed. Thus developed, nature and art and society supply him with a thousand sources of enjoyment.
3
Comte de Lautreamont
When I write down my thoughts, they do not escape me. This action makes me remember my strength which I forget at all times. I educate myself proportionately to my captured thought. I aim only to distinguish the contradiction between my mind and nothingness.
4
Ludwig Quidde
Thus, if armaments were curtailed without a secure peace and all countries disarmed proportionately, military security would have been in no way affected.
5
Lynn Shelton
Hmm, can I be obvious and say there is probably a double standard for male vs. female directors? Sadly, I think that's actually the case. And it probably stems from the fact that there are proportionately so many fewer women directors than men ones that each project is perhaps more closely scrutinized for its content.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROPORTIONATELY»

Discover the use of proportionately in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to proportionately and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
International Handbook of Peace and Reconciliation
In the Middle East, proportionately more military respondents than civilian respondents gave responses coded for one or more of the pro-social agency categories, specifically including personal initiative and legal action. In the UK/ Anglo ...
Kathleen Malley-Morrison, Andrea Mercurio, Gabriel Twose, 2013
2
Political Representation in France
Again, the shift in association is due disproportionately to the behavior of leftist voters; almost twice as many leftist voters proportionately associated an independent foreign policy with UNR candidates as with the UNR as a party. Twice as ...
Philip E. Converse, 1986
3
Good for Business: Making Full Use of the Nation's Human Capital
In wholesale trade, African American and Hispanic executives, administrators, and managers were proportionately underrepresented by 8.7% and 3.0% respectively. Overall women were proportionately underrepresented. In business  ...
DIANE Publishing Company, Albert Gore, 1995
4
Prison Service Pay Review Body Fifth Report on England and ...
... 12 hours weekends and privilege holidays £15.14 per 24 hour period or proportionately for periods of less than 24 hours public and bank holidays £19.17 per 24 hour period or proportionately for periods of less than 24 hours On-call ( home) ...
Great Britain: Prison Service Pay Review Body, 2006
5
Infectious Diseases in Critical Care
Serum T 1/2 (h) Protein binding Altered CL in sepsis? TDM required? Aminoglycosides 0.2–0.3(con- sistent with extracellular water) Yes Yes 2–3 Low Varies proportionately with renal function Yes – to ensure high Cmax and adequate CL [78, ...
Jordi Rello, Martin H. Kollef, Emilio Díaz, 2010
6
Prison Service Pay Review Body seventh report on England and ...
... from 1 April 2008 £7.09 per period of more than 12 hours weekends and privilege holidays public and bank holidays £19.73 per 24 hour period or proportionately for periods of less than 24 hours £24.92 per 24 hour period or proportionately ...
Prison Service Pay Review Body, 2008
7
Economics
This is elastic demand; that is, the quantity demanded changes proportionately more than price changes. A 10 percent increase in price causes, say, a 20 percent reduction in quantity demanded (Ed I 2). Percentage change in quantity ...
Roger A. Arnold, 2013
8
Corporate Payout Policy
7.1 Dividends Distribute Cash Proportionately to Stockholders The legal literature (see, e.g., Clark (1986, p. 627)) recognizes that one advantage dividends have over repurchases is that dividends eliminate the possibility of cross-stockholder ...
Harry DeAngelo, Linda DeAngelo, Douglas J. Skinner, 2009
9
The Origins of Macroeconomics, Volume VIII: Pre-Keynesian ...
If there can be observed a persistent tendency for the price series of a certain manufactured commodity, or group of such commodities, to move less than proportionately to changes in the corresponding average prime cost over a number of ...
Robert W. Dimand, 2002
10
Contemporary Financial Management
For financial planning purposes, management is willing to assume that the net fixed asset figure on the balance sheet will increase proportionately as sales increase. 5. Accounts payable. The company now maintains good relations with its ...
R. Charles Moyer, James McGuigan, Ramesh Rao, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROPORTIONATELY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term proportionately is used in the context of the following news items.
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Lemurs Have Proportionately Bigger Testicles than Men
But why would lemurs have such proportionately bigger genitals? It may seem a little uncomfortable while having to climb trees and such. Northern giant mouse ... «Clapway, Jul 15»
2
Lemurs have the largest proportionately-sized testicles out of all …
The research has found that if humans had the same proportionately sized testicles then they would be the size of a grapefruits. The research study led by Bristol ... «Western Daily Press, Jul 15»
3
Israeli report into 2014 Gaza war finds IDF acted 'legitimately' and …
Israel's own report into its actions in Gaza last year has found that the IDF acted “legitimately” and “proportionately” in the 50-day war, which killed over 2,200 ... «Jewish News, Jun 15»
4
UN official in Darfur says mission's peacekeepers acted …
25 April 2015 – The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today reiterated that its peacekeepers responded proportionately to two attacks ... «UN News Centre, Apr 15»
5
Study finds poorest Californians pay proportionately more in state …
FILE PHOTO Low-income residents pay more than 10 percent of their incomes in state and local taxes, including retail sales taxes, than the top 5 percent of ... «Ventura County Star, Apr 15»
6
Cheshire police will “respond proportionately” to children playing …
“The school's, Cheshire Constabulary and the Council's safeguarding teams would then respond proportionately towards the parents and young people ... «GamesRadar, Mar 15»
7
Bank of England says will apply new insurance rules 'proportionately'
ADVERTISING. "Solvency II must be applied proportionately, with the emphasis on substance over form, if we are to maintain our focus as a forward-looking and ... «Reuters UK, Mar 15»
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Proportionately fewer refugees on social welfare
It is only permitted to use a hyperlink to specific SWI swissinfo.ch content on the website of the party requesting the content or the website of a third party. «swissinfo.ch, Feb 15»
9
MoS Home Kiren Rijiju lauds Delhi Police
"Often what we see is that the achievements or the success stories of the Delhi Police or for that matter any force is not reflected proportionately, but the failures ... «Zee News, Dec 14»
10
Obama: North Korean cyberattack no 'act of war'
And he reiterated his earlier stance that the United States will “respond proportionately.” The president, in the interview taped Friday at the White House, ... «Politico, Dec 14»

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