Meaning

1 senses

  1. To make proportionate.

    proportionieren

Examples

5 sentences

  1. The punishment should be proportionate to the crime.

    Покарання має бути відповідним злочину. — miketheknight

    ruНаказание должно быть пропорционально преступлению. — marafon

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  2. She has a proportionate figure.

    У неї пропорційна фігура. — deniko

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  3. The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

    ruПродолжительность существования страсти пропорциональна времени сопротивления женщины в начале отношений. — odexed

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  4. Is rape a proportionate punishment for theft? Of course not.

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  5. The Committee recommended that those complaining should be reimbursed with a proportionate share of the annual fee with interest.

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make proportionate:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin prōportiōnātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-for

Borrowed from Latin prōportiōnātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, proportion + -ate.

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Forms

proportionates, proportionating, proportionated, proportionated
Base formproportionate · to proportionate
3rd person singularproportionates
Present participleproportionating
Past simpleproportionated
Past participleproportionated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyproportionate
he, she, itproportionates

Past simpleLesson

all personsproportionated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave proportionated
he, she, ithas proportionated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill proportionate

Word family

3 related words
Relatedapportion
Derivedmisproportionateproportionator

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
proportionB1proportionalC2proposalB1proposeB1propositionC2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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