proportionate
pronunciation
How to pronounce proportionate in British English:
UK [prəˈpɔ:ʃənət]
How to pronounce proportionate in American English:
US [prəˈpɔrʃənət]
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- Adjective:
- being in due proportion
- agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree
- exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities
Word Origin
- proportionate (adj.)
- late 14c., "of proper proportion," from Medieval Latin proportionatus "proportioned," past participle of proportionare (see proportion (n.)). Related: Proportionately.
Example
- 1. Since power output is proportionate to the cube of the wind speed , even such an apparently small variation can result in a 15 % change in a wind farm 's generating capacity .
- 2. As philip hammond , britain 's defence secretary , argued last week : " too many countries are failing to meet their financial responsibilities to nato , and so failing to maintain appropriate and proportionate capabilities . "
- 3. The threat of cyber-warfare is so new that there is , as yet , no consensus on how to define a cyber-attack , or what would constitute a " proportionate response " .