how to pronounce proportional

/pɹəˈpɔː.ʃən.əl/

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proportional is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of proportional in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… system under a proportional system that …”

meaning of proportional

Proportional means in proportion to something else.

proportional frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word proportional occurs in english on average 9.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics proportional can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that proportional can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;