Vocabulary
Proportional
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
corresponding in size or amount to something else.
Urdu meaning
مناسب، نسبتی، برابر
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- b) Nazims would be directly elected on a party basis and half the seats of various corporations and councils allocated on through proportional representation, reserved for women, technocrats, minorities, peasants and labourers.
- Section 144 is neither proportional nor rational.
- The controversial judgement has awarded the reserved seats to the ruling coalition parties beyond their proportional strength in the assemblies.
- The decision flew in the face of reason and the principles of proportional representation and, therefore, had to be undone.
- Moreover, the rate of arrests is directly proportional to the temperature of tensions.
Synonyms
corresponding, proportionate, comparable, in proportion, pro rata, commensurate
Antonyms
disproportionate
Curator example
“the punishment should be proportional to the crime”
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