Betekenis van proportion In het Nederlands

• 0 the number or amount of a group or part of something when compared to the whole:

  • Children make up a large proportion of the world's population.

  • A higher proportion of men are willing to share household responsibilities than used to be the case.

  • The report shows that poor families spend a larger proportion of their income on food.

  • The proportion of women to men at my college was about five to one.

  • The chart shows how weight increases in proportion to height (= the increase in weight depends on the increase in height).

  • The level of crime in an area is almost always in direct proportion to the number of unemployed.

• 1 the correct or most attractive relationship between the size of different parts of the same thing or between one thing and another:

  • Your legs are very much in proportion to (= the right size for) the rest of your body.

  • His feet seem very small in proportion to his body.

  • My head was much nearer the camera than the rest of me so I'm all out of proportion.

  • a building of elegant proportions

  • I'm not very good at drawing people - I can never get the proportions right.

  • humorous She's a woman of generous proportions (= she is fat).

  • A small worry in the back of your mind can for no apparent reason assume/take on massive proportions in the middle of the night.

• 2 used in a number of phrases to mean importance and seriousness:

  • You have to keep a sense of proportion (= the ability to understand what is important and what is not).

  • I think a certain amount of worry about work is very natural, but you've got got to keep it in proportion (= judge correctly its seriousness).

• 3 a part or share of the whole, or the relationship between one thing and another in size, amount, or degree:

  • [ C ] The proportion of the population that is over 65 has been growing.

  • [ pl ] The occurrence of the disease has reached epidemic proportions.

  • [ U ] His anger was out of all proportion to the offense (= was much too strong).

• 4 the number or amount of part of something when compared to the whole:

  • boost/increase the proportion of sth He pledged to boost the group's proportion of home sales from 5% to 10%.

  • as a proportion of sth Last year, public spending as a proportion of GDP sank to its lowest since the mid-1960s.

  • It will take a few years before one will be able to observe equal proportions of men and women in sales management.

  • a high/large/significant proportion

  • a low/small proportion

• 5 the number, amount, or level of one thing when compared to another:

  • the proportion of sth to sth The proportion of international sales to net sales will continue to affect the company's operating results.

  • Existing shareholders are allowed to buy new shares in proportion to their holdings.

• 6 used to say that two things are connected, so that an increase in one is directly related to an increase in the other:

  • The level of crime in an area is almost always in direct proportion to the number of unemployed.

• 7 the size, shape, or level of something:

  • A fund that grows to massive proportions must adapt its investment strategy.

  • The pensions underfunding problem is reaching crisis proportions.