Is proportionate formal or informal?

How do I use proportionate in a sentence?

Is proportionate common in academic writing?

What's the difference between proportionate and proportional?

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proportionate

/ˌprɒpəˈtɪət/

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adjective

Correct or appropriate in amount or degree; matching a situation fairly.

The cost is proportionate to the size of the project.
Any pay rise will be proportionate to performance.

Adinary Nuance

Near-neighbors: proportionate is often interchangeable with proportional, but proportionate stresses fairness or suitability in amount, while proportional stresses a fixed ratio or mathematical relation. Compared to similar words like appropriate or commensurate, proportionate suits both formal and careful everyday contexts. Choose proportionate when balance and fairness in size or degree matter most.

In other languages

Spanish: proporcionado
Japanese: 適切な
Korean: 적절한
Vietnamese: đủ mức
Chinese: 成比例的

Common phrases

in proportionate toremain proportionate

Synonyms

proportional appropriate commensurate fitting suitable

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