"proportion" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

proportion sustantivo

sustantivo + proportion
Kolokacji: 18
proportion of one's income • proportion of students • proportion of people • proportion of one's citizens • body proportion • ...
proportion + verbo
Kolokacji: 32
proportion rises • proportion increases • proportion falls • proportion varies • proportion declines • ...
verbo + proportion
Kolokacji: 17
reach proportions • contain a proportion • assume proportions • make up a proportion • blow out of proportion • ...
adjetivo + proportion
Kolokacji: 125
large proportion • high proportion • small proportion • significant proportion • great proportion • direct proportion • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 27
(4) direct, inverse
Kolokacji: 2
(8) certain, definite
Kolokacji: 2
(10) mythic, mythical, legendary
Kolokacji: 3
(11) historic, momentous
Kolokacji: 2
(14) perfect, ideal
Kolokacji: 2
1. unimaginable proportion = niewyobrażalna proporcja unimaginable proportion
2. incredible proportion = niewiarygodna proporcja incredible proportion
  • This figure would increase still further towards the end of the 1970s, as the demand for easy-play home organs grew to incredible proportions.
  • As regards salaries- the market forces argument doesn't hold too much water when you consider the incredible proportions of revenue that clubs spend on wages.
  • The pain grew to incredible proportions, even worse because of his inability to give voice to it.
  • But then my anguish rose to incredible proportions, right after I heard the faint barking of dogs in the distance.
  • It could be a mess of incredible proportions, starting with a massive recall of costly microprocessors.
  • It was an immediate commercial success and sparked what Martin Gardner calls "a nation-wide cult of incredible proportions."
  • They now realize that the trade in weapons through America has reached incredible proportions.
  • The entire business has reached incredible proportions.
  • There would be national panic of incredible proportions.
  • It was an orgy of incredible proportions.
3. improbable proportion = mało prawdopodobna proporcja improbable proportion
(18) overall, rough, approximate
Kolokacji: 3
(20) overwhelming, exaggerated
Kolokacji: 2
(21) monstrous, grotesque
Kolokacji: 2
(24) epidemic, pandemic
Kolokacji: 2
(25) elegant, graceful, exquisite
Kolokacji: 3
(26) harmonious, balanced
Kolokacji: 2
(27) constant, variable
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + proportion
Kolokacji: 10
of proportions • in proportion • to proportions • out of proportion • for a proportion • ...

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