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• water covers a large proportion of the earth's surface.
• loam is a soil with roughly equal proportions of clay, sand and silt.
• the proportion of regular smokers increases with age.
• a higher proportion of americans go on to higher education than is the case in britain.

proportion

1. a part or share of a whole
• Water covers a large proportion of the earth's surface.
• Loam is a soil with roughly equal proportions of clay, sand and silt.
• The proportion of regular smokers increases with age.
• A higher proportion of Americans go on to higher education than is the case in Britain.
• A proportion of the land is used for agriculture.
• The proportion of small cars on America’s roads is increasing.
• A high proportion of five-year-olds have teeth in poor condition
2. the relationship of one thing to another in size, amount, etc.
• synonym ratio
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• The proportion of men to women in the college has changed dramatically over the years.
• The basic ingredients are limestone and clay in the proportion 2:1.
• The room is very long in proportion to (= relative to) its width.
• According to this pie chart, a third of students’ leisure time is spent watching TV.
• One in five hours is/are spent socializing.
• Socializing accounts for/makes up/comprises about 20% of leisure time.
• Students spend twice as much time playing computer games as doing sport.
• Three times as many hours are spent playing computer games as reading.
• The figure for playing computer games is three times higher than the figure for reading.
• The largest proportion of time is spent playing computer games.
3. the correct relationship in size, degree, importance, etc. between one thing and another or between the parts of a whole
• You haven't drawn the figures in the foreground in proportion.
• The head is out of proportion with the body.
• an impressive building with fine proportions
• Always try to keep a sense of proportion (= of the relative importance of different things).
4. the measurements of something; its size and shape
• This method divides the task into more manageable proportions.
• a food shortage that could soon reach crisis proportions
• a room of fairly generous proportions
5. the equal relationship between two pairs of numbers, as in the statement ‘4 is to 8 as 6 is to 12’
6. to react to something in a sensible way and not think it is worse or more serious than it really is
• The problem of hooliganism should be kept in proportion. Only a small number of young people act in this way.
7. larger, more serious, etc. in relation to something than is necessary or appropriate
• They earn salaries out of all proportion to their ability.
• The media have blown the incident up out of all proportion.

Extra Examples

• The chart shows government spending expressed as a proportion of national income.
• The company employs men and women in roughly equal proportions.
• The computer brings the huge task of stock control down to more manageable proportions.
• The cost of insurance increases in proportion to the performance of the car.
• The costs of the plan are out of proportion to the budget available.
• The food shortage had reached crisis proportions.
• The human population in the region is expanding in inverse proportion to the wildlife.
• The problem has been exaggerated out of all proportion.
• The proportion of sand to cement used was three to one.
• The unskilled section of the working class was diminishing as a proportion of the workforce.
• There is an entrance hall of perfect proportions, twice as long as it is wide.
• This issue was about to be blown out of proportion.
• Try to keep a sense of proportion.
• Try to keep your view of the situation in proportion.
• It is an impressive building with fine proportions.
• The basic ingredients are limestone and clay in the proportion 2:1.
• The room is very long in proportion to its width.
• You haven’t drawn the figures in the foreground in proportion.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin proportio(n-), from pro portione ‘in respect of (its or a person's) share’.