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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. being in due proportion;
- Example: "proportionate representation of a minority group"

2. agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree;

3. exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities;
[syn: harmonious, proportionate, symmetrical]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Proportionate \Pro*por"tion*ate\, a. [L. proportionatus. See Proportion.] Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] What is proportionate to his transgression. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Proportionate \Pro*por"tion*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Proportionated; p. pr. & vb. n. Proportionating.] [Cf. Proportion, v.] To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

proportionate adj 1: being in due proportion; "proportionate representation of a minority group" [ant: disproportional, disproportionate] 2: agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree 3: exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities [syn: harmonious, proportionate, symmetrical]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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