Proportion in spanish
pronunciation: pɹ̩oʊpoʊɹ̩θioʊn part of speech: noun
proportion = proporción.
Example: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.more:
» a large proportion of = una gran proporción de, una gran mayoría de.
Example: The growth of the Internet in China from the mid 1990s onwards has been accompanied by the assumption that a large proportion of Chinese Internet users are interested in politically subversive action.» a proportion of = una cierta cantidad de.
Example: Linseed oil reduced by boiling, with a proportion of resin, continued to be the main constituent of the varnish, and lampblack was still used for the colouring of black ink.» astronomical proportions = proporciones astronómicas.
Example: This is a possibility rarely, if ever, adopted because the total number of permutations of even a few coordinated terms soon reaches astronomical proportions.» be (far) out of proportion to = no guardar proporción con.
Example: As for hell, it's far out of proportion to any sin we might have committed and makes a travesty of God.» blow + Nombre + out of proportion = desproporcionar, exagerar.
Example: Its not that he fails to deliver his promises, people just take them and blow them out of proportion, and then get disappointed.» blow + things (up) out of (all) proportion = sacar las cosas de quicio.
Example: Another subtext is the tendency for the sensationalist Japanese media to blow things out of all proportion.» disproportion = desproporción.
Example: Israel is indeed guilty of gross disproportion in its response to the challenges facing the state.» grow to + crisis proportions = alcanzar proporciones de crisis.
Example: When advance thought and analysis are routine, problems are less likely to grow to crisis proportions.» in proportion to = en relación proporcional con, en proporción a.
Example: Each member state is allocated a fixed quota in proportion to the seriousness of its regional problems.» of catastrophic proportions = de proporciones catastróficas.
Example: India seems to be hurtling towards a medical crisis of catastrophic proportions but this can be avoided with major lifestyle modifications.» of epic proportions = épico, colosal, grandioso, enorme, legendario, descomunal, bestial.
Example: Even though they are not as long as I think they should be, many of the stories are of epic proportions and many of them are very entertaining.» of global proportions = de alcance mundial, de envergadura mundial, de proporciones mundiales.
Example: Armed violence -- the use of arms to inflict death or injury -- is an epidemic of global proportions.» out of all proportion (to) = desproporcionado (con respecto a), exagerado (con respecto a), sacado de quicio.
Example: Certainly the study of management has developed out of all proportion to its relevance for the majority of assistant librarians.» out of (all) proportion (to) = desproporcionado (con respecto a), exagerado (con respecto a), sacado de quicio.
Example: Technical difficulties and operational costs are out of proportion to the financial gains.» reach + alarming proportions = alcanzar proporciones alarmantes.
Example: Trafficking in children in Southeast Asia for prostitution & pornography has reached alarming proportions.» reach + catastrophic proportions = alcanzar proporciones catastróficas.
Example: The rate of coastal land loss in Louisiana has reached catastrophic proportions.» reach + epic proportions = alcanzar proporciones exageradas, alcanzar proporciones desmesuradas, alcanzar proporciones épicas, alcanzar dimensiones épicas, llegar a un extremo.
Example: The environmental waste problem is now reaching epic proportions.» reach + epidemic proportions = alcanzar proporciones epidémicas.
Example: Within the past few decades a deadly disease of coconut palms has appeared and reached epidemic proportions.» reach + global proportions = alcanzar proporciones mundiales.
Example: Over the past decade concern over the destruction of the world's coastal rainforests has reached global proportions.» see + in proportion = considerar en su justa medida.
Example: Management information should in fact be seen in proportion as a particular category information.» sense of proportion = sentido de la proporción.
Example: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.» situation of crisis proportions = crisis de enormes proporciones.
Example: There are a number of factors prevalent in mainly urbanized society which together have produced a situation of crisis proportions.» throw + Nombre + out of proportion = desproporcionar, exagerar.
Example: What do you guys think, is this all being thrown out of proportion or is Simon now covering his behind?.