"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. alarming proportion = niepokojąc proporcję alarming proportion
  • Crime has increased a bit over the years, but it has never reached alarming proportions here.
  • She seemed to have no serious injuries, save for a wrist that was already swelling to alarming proportions.
  • So, too, are an alarming proportion of the victims of police misconduct.
  • "In Havana it is a scandal taking on more alarming proportions every day."
  • Corporate debt in the 1980's has reached alarming proportions.
  • But the truck had a limited amount of space, and the list in her head had grown to alarming proportions.
  • Since the start of the industrial age, the problems have only worsened to assume alarming proportions.
  • The current levels of humanitarian distress in south and central Somalia have reached alarming proportions.
  • In the same way, human trafficking in Africa has reached alarming proportions.
  • It can only exacerbate the problem, which is already, as you know, of alarming proportions.
2. frightening proportion = przerażając proporcję frightening proportion
3. formidable proportion = potężna proporcja formidable proportion
4. terrifying proportion = przerażając proporcję terrifying 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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