adv
Meaning 1
In proportion; in due degree; adapted relatively.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
proportionally
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /pɹəˈpɔɹʃənəli/
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Received-Pronunciation: /pɹəˈpɔːʃənəli/
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CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 P AO1 R SH AH0 N AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: P R AH0 P AO1 R SH N AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
to a proportionate degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- your salary will rise proportionately to your workload
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: proportionately
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English proportional Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English proportionally From proportional + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: proporcionalment — in proportion
- French: proportionnellement — in proportion
- French: proportionnément — in proportion
- Galician: proporcionalmente — in proportion
- German: proportional — in proportion
- Greek: ανάλογα (análoga) — in proportion
- Hungarian: arányosan — in proportion
- Italian: proporzionalmente — in proportion
- Macedonian: сразмерно (srazmerno) — in proportion
- Portuguese: proporcionalmente — in proportion
- Russian: пропорциона́льно (proporcionálʹno) — in proportion
- Spanish: proporcionalmente — in proportion
Real reading context