proportion

proportion

Taille ou quantité d’une partie comparée à une autre partie ou à l’ensemble.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : 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.)

Synonymes : ratio, share

Expressions courantes : proportion of something, large proportion, in proportion

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Diviser quelque chose en parts égales.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : proportion something among someone (They proportioned the supplies equally among the teams.)

Synonymes : divide equally, apportion

Expressions courantes : proportion the supplies, proportion something equally