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proportionate
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adjective
being in due proportion
proportionate representation of a minority group
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adjective
agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree
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adjective
(= harmonious)
exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities
sample
Noun
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A sample is a small amount of something to try or test it.
The nurse took a small blood sample.
The data come from a study of a random sample of adult (aged 15 and over) deaths.
sample
Verb
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If you sample something, you try or test a small amount of it.
After sampling each of the wines, she bought the one she liked best.