26984 words

ratios

4 definitions • 8 examples
1
the relationship between two groups or amounts that expresses how much bigger one is than the other:

Examples:

The ratio of men to women at the conference was ten to one/10:1.
The school is trying to improve its pupil-teacher ratio (= the number of teachers compared with the number of students).
3
Ratio is also a relationship between two groups or amounts that expresses how much bigger one is than the other:

Examples:

a low student-teacher ratio
The ratio of men to women at the conference was ten to one.
4
the relationship between two amounts, represented by two numbers or a percentage, expressing how much bigger one is than the other:

Examples:

the ratio of sth to sth The ratio of exports to imports also improved from 70.4% to 83.2%.
The ratio of house prices to earnings is 55% above its average level in the past 20 years.
The ratio of men to women at the conference was 10:1.
The company was performing well according to all the key ratios.

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