Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with proportion in American Collocation
proportion
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/prəˈpɔrʃ(ə)n/
large
considerable
great
high
huge
large
significant
sizeable
substantial
A high proportion of the town’s residents work in the capital.
larger or increasing
greater
higher
increasing
Populations in the West are shifting towards a greater proportion of older people.
small
low
small
tiny
Only a tiny proportion of party members ever got involved in the policy-making process.
fairly large
fair
good
reasonable
A fair proportion of the revenue raised from the scheme is to be spent on making the streets more accessible.
equal
equal
Where these repairs are undertaken, the costs are divided amongst all properties on the estate in equal proportions.
same
same
similar
Only 12 per cent consumed the recommended amount of five a day or more, while the same proportion consumed none at all.
certain
certain
specified
He would like all electrical generation to have a certain proportion from wind farms.