Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to proportion
Participle: proportioned
Gerund: proportioning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | proportion |
| you | proportion |
| he;she;it | proportions |
| we | proportion |
| you | proportion |
| they | proportion |
Perfect
| I | have proportioned |
| you | have proportioned |
| he;she;it | has proportioned |
| we | have proportioned |
| you | have proportioned |
| they | have proportioned |
Past
| I | proportioned |
| you | proportioned |
| he;she;it | proportioned |
| we | proportioned |
| you | proportioned |
| they | proportioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had proportioned |
| you | had proportioned |
| he;she;it | had proportioned |
| we | had proportioned |
| you | had proportioned |
| they | had proportioned |
Future
| I | will proportion |
| you | will proportion |
| he;she;it | will proportion |
| we | will proportion |
| you | will proportion |
| they | will proportion |
Future Perfect
| I | will have proportioned |
| you | will have proportioned |
| he;she;it | will have proportioned |
| we | will have proportioned |
| you | will have proportioned |
| they | will have proportioned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | proportion |
| you | proportion |
| he;she;it | proportion |
| we | proportion |
| you | proportion |
| they | proportion |
Perfect
| I | have proportioned |
| you | have proportioned |
| he;she;it | have proportioned |
| we | have proportioned |
| you | have proportioned |
| they | have proportioned |
Imperfect
| I | proportioned |
| you | proportioned |
| he;she;it | proportioned |
| we | proportioned |
| you | proportioned |
| they | proportioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had proportioned |
| you | had proportioned |
| he;she;it | had proportioned |
| we | had proportioned |
| you | had proportioned |
| they | had proportioned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would proportion |
| you | would proportion |
| he;she;it | would proportion |
| we | would proportion |
| you | would proportion |
| they | would proportion |
Perfect
| I | would have proportioned |
| you | would have proportioned |
| he;she;it | would have proportioned |
| we | would have proportioned |
| you | would have proportioned |
| they | would have proportioned |
Imperative
| you | proportion |
| we | Let's proportion |
| you | proportion |
Verbs conjugated like 'proportion'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'proportion'
preportion,
pre-portion,
proposition,
reportion,
reproportion,
apportion,
disproportion,
misproportion,
portion,
preposition,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English proporcion, from Old French proportion, from Latin prōportiō (“comparative relation, proportion, symmetry, analogy”), from pro (“for, before”) + portio (“share, part”); see portion. By surface analysis, pro- + portion. See: Latin '
prōportiō'.
Sample Sentences
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In order to proportion the braking force to the weight carried by a wheel - a matter of special importance in the braking of wagons - variable leverage systems are now being introduced in which the end of one axle spring is linked to a control spring in the change-over valve, so automatically varying the leverage exerted by the brake-rod according to whether the wagon is full or empty. [1960 April, “The braking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 237:]