PROPORTION


Meaning of PROPORTION in English

noun

BAD : The country's small food supply is not proportion about the size of the population.

GOOD : The country's food supply is small in proportion to the size of the population.

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Something is small/large etc in proportion to/with something else: 'Her feet are very small in proportion to the rest of her body.'

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