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overproportion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-pro-por-tion
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To give something excessive proportions

noun

Excessive proportion.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English proportion English overproportion From over- + proportion.

Usage

Inflected Forms

overproportions (present, singular) overproportioning (participle, present) overproportioned (participle, past) overproportioned (past) overproportions (plural)

Antonyms

underproportion

Questions

What does overproportion mean?
To give something excessive proportions
Where does overproportion come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English proportion English overproportion From over- + proportion.

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