Proportions - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |prəˈpɔːrʃənz|
Brit.  |prəˈpɔːʃənz|  British pronunciation of the word proportions
- this word is used as a plural form of the nounproportion

noun

- plural form of proportion
- (informal) A person's figure.

verb

- third-person singular simple present indicative form of proportion

Extra examples

...the climactic scene of the movie is a pitched battle of Homeric proportions...

...the lack of planning had resulted in the city's evacuation being a mare's nest of epic proportions...

...the nonstop torrential rains were threatening to produce an alluvion of biblical proportions...

The substances were mixed in various proportions until an optimum was reached.

...the fear that the next global pandemic could be an apocalypse of biblical proportions...

His prong swelled to working proportions.

He had produced a meal of epic proportions.

Violent crime is reaching epidemic proportions in some cities.

The refugee problem has now reached immeasurable proportions.

Try to reduce your tasks to more manageable proportions.

For most of us, Scott was a hero of mythic proportions.

The flu outbreak has reached epidemic proportions.

The problem is beginning to assume massive proportions.

...even by Hollywood standards, that movie star's egomania is of epic proportions...

The story has since taken on mythic proportions.

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