How to pronounce“proportion”in English
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proportion of kids are below the poverty line, but is right next door to so many very successful companies.
And on some of the issues that we talk about in the documentary or in the book-- sex trafficking.
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Definitions of “proportion”
A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.
““I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital,[…]!””
Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole.
To divide into proper shares; to apportion.
“In order to proportion the braking force to the weight carried by a wheel - a matter of special importance in the braking of wagons - variable leverage systems are now being introduced in which the end of one axle spring is linked to a control spring in the change-over valve, so automatically varying the leverage exerted by the brake-rod according to whether the wagon is full or empty.”
To form symmetrically.
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