proportionate

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective being in due proportion
adjective agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree
adjective exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities

Borrowed from Latin prōportiōnātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, proportion + -ate.

“That’s a long price,” said Mr. Campbell, pulling a face of proportionate length. — Helen Vardon's confession, R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman
Besides, I so arrange the entries in the books that the expenditure and the receipts are proportionate. — The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4, George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds
Within the duration of this relaxed state of exhaustion, the appearance of a proportionate number of fresh troops is decisive. — On War, Carl von Clausewitz

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