Used in a Sentence

proportions

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for proportions.

Editorial note

It has been a drug of abuse in the US, but nothing like the near-epidemic proportions going on in China.

Examples13
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(informal) A person's figure.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of proportions gathered in one view.

noun

(informal) A person's figure.

noun

(flags) The measurements of a flag, described using a ratio.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for proportions.

noun

(informal) A person's figure.

noun

(flags) The measurements of a flag, described using a ratio.

Example sentences

1

It has been a drug of abuse in the US, but nothing like the near-epidemic proportions going on in China.

2

In US where income inequality has risen to greater proportions and the city budgets stagnated.

3

You don't think similar proportions of people in other fields would also like diverse culture?

4

It would be enormously distortive and would have so many loopholes that the unintended side effects would be of epic proportions.

5

Why does persecution have to reach epic proportions before it becomes safe to acknowledge it?

6

Maybe cultural factors can come into play, but probably in less significant proportions.

7

If you fail in epic proportions, it may just become a winning failure.

8

When you consider exactly how much information we have to go on, I think people are overreacting by immense proportions.

9

Hanford is a disaster of never-before-seen proportions in the US..

10

I'm a little confused -- I thought identifying element proportions was a solved problem.

11

That said, population isn't growing that much - prices in a city like Toronto have reached epic proportions fueled by a combination of speculation and foreign investment.

12

The proposed breakup of Qualcomm by activist investment firm Jana Partners, as reported by the Wall Street Journal this week, would be a blunder of biblical proportions.

Quote examples

1

The level of advertising to "captured audiences" in the US seems to have reached truly mind-killing proportions.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use proportions in a sentence?

It has been a drug of abuse in the US, but nothing like the near-epidemic proportions going on in China.

What does proportions mean?

(informal) A person's figure.

What part of speech is proportions?

proportions is commonly used as noun.