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How to pronounce “proportion”
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Pronunciation guide for proportion
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of proportion with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Innovators
got PhDs in math-- in absolute number and in proportion--
- Definition summary
- (countable) A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce proportion
The Innovators
got PhDs in math-- in absolute number and in proportion--
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “proportion”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (countable) A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.
- (uncountable) Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole.
- (countable) Proper or equal share.
- The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree.
- (mathematics, countable) A statement of equality between two ratios.
- (mathematics, archaic) The "rule of three", in which three terms are given to find a fourth.
- (countable, chiefly in the plural) Size.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To divide into proper shares; to apportion.
- (transitive) To form symmetrically.
- (transitive, art) To set or render in proportion.
- (transitive, archaic) To correspond to.
Practice Nearby Words
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Similar Sounds
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