what is the definition of proportion
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Explanation:
a part of share of a whole
Answer:
1A part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole.
‘the proportion of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is rising’
More example sentences
‘Improbable though it sounds, this attitude appears to be shared by a proportion of companies in almost every sector of the British economy.’
‘What I said was they were given proportionally, and the member's proportion was correct.’
‘There is also little agreement over what proportion of a prison population needs to be locked up in this way.’
‘A substantially higher proportion of the whole population comes to be defined as urban dwelling.’
‘For a game that ought to have a wide appeal, I imagine that only a relatively small proportion of people will actually play it all the way through to the end.’
‘In addition, the study found there was a relatively low proportion of the labour force with third level qualifications.’
‘She has also attracted the biggest proportion of male viewers to her channel.’
‘Instruct the budget committee to allocate some proportion of the funds to the service side of the organization, as they see fit.’
‘What proportion of tax revenues must government spend in order to collect those taxes?’
‘The result has been a dramatic difference with a much higher proportion of shop owners in England successfully prosecuted.’
‘We have no information as to what proportion of cases were decided and what proportion were settled.’
‘If his reported revenues were to be believed he alone was contributing a surprisingly large proportion of the revenues of the Group as a whole.’
‘In my view the bad cases are normally a very small proportion.’
‘The only good news is that this is clearly recognised by a very large proportion of the public, not just in Australia but around the world.’
‘Less good news, however, is the very low proportion of people who chose to go the polling station to exercise their democratic right to cast a ballot.’
‘For a large and rapidly expanding proportion of the workforce it represents a new identity, which enables them to opt out of work for long periods of time.’
‘However, this approach identifies the problem in only a relatively small proportion of the many cases where things go wrong in health care.’
‘Primary teaching has had a far higher proportion of women teachers, many of whom are second income-earners.’
‘As might be expected, a larger than average proportion of the riding's workforce is in business and management.’
‘Admittedly, these conditions afflict a very small proportion of the population.’
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