increasing or decreasing in size, amount, or degree according to changes in something else synonym proportional Increasing costs resulted in proportionate increases in prices. The number of accidents is proportionate to the increased volume of traffic. compare disproportionate
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adverb Prices have risen but wages have not risen proportionately.See proportionate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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