- proportional (to something) increasing or decreasing in size, amount or degree according to changes in something else
- Salary is proportional to years of experience.
- The number of teachers appointed is proportional to the total number of students.
- to be directly/inversely proportional to something
Extra Examples- The amount of food a child needs is roughly proportional to its size.
- The speed of the glider is directly proportional to the speed of the wind.
- The amount of force needed is inversely proportional to the rigidity of the material.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- approximately
- roughly
- directly
- …
- to
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin proportionalis, from proportio(n-), from pro portione ‘in respect of (its or a person's) share’.
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