Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

approportionate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ap-pro-por-tion-ate
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to render proportionate; to proportion.

Example Sentences

""[…] the extreme lightness of her [a Bird-of-Paradise's] furniture being approportionated to the thinness of that Element [Air]?""

Etymology

From ap- (form of ad- (“to”)) + proportionate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ap-

Inflected Forms

approportionates (present, singular) approportionating (participle, present) approportionated (participle, past) approportionated (past)

Questions

What does approportionate mean?: to render proportionate; to proportion.
Where does approportionate come from?: From ap- (form of ad- (“to”)) + proportionate.

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