proportion

Verhältnis, Anteil

Die Größe oder Menge eines Teils im Vergleich zu einem anderen Teil oder zum Ganzen.

In einfachem Englisch: The size or amount of one part compared with another part or the whole.

• A small proportion of students walk to school.
• What proportion of your budget goes on food?
• The proportions of flour and water affect the dough.

So benutzt man es: a proportion of something (A large proportion of our income goes on rent.); in proportion to something (The cost rises in proportion to the size.)

Synonyme: ratio, share

Häufige Wendungen: proportion of something, large proportion, in proportion

gleichmäßig aufteilen

Etwas in gleich große Anteile teilen.

In einfachem Englisch: To divide something into equal shares.

• They proportioned the food into equal shares.
• We must proportion the supplies equally among the workers.
• The clerk proportioned the payment among the three owners.

So benutzt man es: proportion something among someone (They proportioned the supplies equally among the teams.)

Synonyme: divide equally, apportion

Häufige Wendungen: proportion the supplies, proportion something equally