proportionate.

Corresponding in size or degree to another amount, cause, or need.

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Words that belong together

• proportionate response
• proportionate share

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The response was proportionate to the risk.

Each group received a proportionate share.

The penalty seemed proportionate to the harm.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic. Forms: More proportionate; most proportionate where degree is meaningful; relational uses are normally non-gradable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.