proportionate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin prōportiōnātus.
Morphologically proportion + -ate.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (adjective, UK) enPR: prə-pôʹshə-nət, IPA(key): /pɹəˈpɔːʃənət/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (adjective, US) enPR: prə-pôrʹshə-nət, IPA(key): /pɹəˈpɔɹʃənət/
- (verb, UK) enPR: prə-pôʹshə-nāt, IPA(key): /pɹəˈpɔːʃəneɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (verb, US) enPR: prə-pôrʹshə-nāt, IPA(key): /pɹəˈpɔɹʃəneɪt/
Adjective
[edit]proportionate (comparative more proportionate, superlative most proportionate)
- In proportion; proportional; commensurable.
- Antonyms: disproportionate, nonproportionate, unproportionate
- 1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], →OCLC:
- What is proportionate to his transgression.
- Harmonious and symmetrical.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]proportional
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harmonious and symmetrical
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Verb
[edit]proportionate (third-person singular simple present proportionates, present participle proportionating, simple past and past participle proportionated)
- (transitive) To make proportionate.
Translations
[edit]to make proportionate
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See also
[edit]Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /proː.por.ti.oːˈnaː.te/, [proːpɔrt̪ioːˈnäːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pro.por.t͡si.oˈna.te/, [proport̪͡s̪ioˈnäːt̪e]
Adjective
[edit]prōportiōnāte
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