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proportions

1 definition • 6 examples
1
the size, shape, or level of something:

Examples:

a building of elegant proportions
I'm not very good at drawing people - I can never get the proportions right.
humorous She's a woman of generous proportions (= she is fat).
A small worry in the back of your mind can for no apparent reason assume massive proportions in the middle of the night.
This could end up being a disaster of global proportions.
Her comment, which sounded completely harmless out of context, took on different proportions when heard in context.

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