meaning of proportionate
1. Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.
2. To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes.
3. agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree; "the figures are large but the corresponding totals next year will be
">larger"
Related Words
proportionate | proportionated | proportionately | proportionateness |
