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Noun proportion has 4 senses

proportion, proportionality - the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
--₁ is a kind of quotient
--₁ has parts: proportional
--₁ has particulars:

case-fatality proportion; case-to-infection proportion, case-to-infection ratio; content; scale; golden section, golden mean; commensurateness, correspondence, proportionateness; percentage, percent, per centum, pct; batting average

Derived form: verb proportion₂

proportion, dimension - magnitude or extent; "a building of vast proportions"
--₂ is a kind of magnitude
symmetry, proportion - balance among the parts of something
--₃ is a kind of balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance
Antonyms: disproportion

Derived form: verb proportion₁
proportion, balance - harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin
--₄ is a kind of placement, arrangement

Derived form: verb proportion₁

Verb proportion has 2 senses

proportion - give pleasant proportions to; "harmonize a building with those surrounding it"
--₁ is one way to harmonize, harmonise

Derived forms: noun proportion₃, noun proportion₄
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
proportion - adjust in size relative to other things
--₂ is one way to adjust, set, correct

Derived form: noun proportion₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP