proportionally

«proportionally» in Mova's school dictionary: In a way that keeps the same ratio, so that when one… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

1) In a way that keeps the same ratio, so that when one amount changes, the other changes by the same scale: «If you double the recipe, increase everything proportionally.» tree →

2) Fairly and in the right size compared with something else: «Punishments should be given proportionally.» tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths, cooking, maps and science, things that change proportionally keep the same ratio. In fairness and law it means not too much and not too little. Phrases: «increase proportionally», «proportionally more», «shared proportionally».

examples

• If you double the cake recipe, add all the ingredients proportionally. tree →
• The map shrinks the whole country proportionally. tree →
• The prize money was shared proportionally to how much each person paid. tree →
• Big dogs eat proportionally more than small dogs. tree →
• When you resize a photo, keep the sides proportionally the same. tree →
• The punishment should be proportionally fair to what was done. tree →

note

Adjective: proportional; noun: proportion. Maths: if y is proportional to x, y = k × x, so doubling x doubles y (2 pens cost £3, so 4 pens cost £6). «Proportionally» is the same as «in proportion».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «proportionally» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.