Comparing proportions

20 words

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   proportionnoun/prəˈpɔː.ʃən/

   the part of a total number or amount

   “A large proportion of students prefer studying online.”

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   sharenoun / verb/ʃeə/

   the part or amount of something that is owned, used, or recorded

   “Market share”

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   account forphrasal verb/əˈkaʊnt fɔːr/

   to make up or explain the size of a part of a total

   “International students account for nearly 30% of enrolments.”

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   respectivelyadverb/rɪˈspɛktɪvli/

   in the same order as the items just mentioned; used to link pairs of lists or numbers to their referents

   “The male and female ratios were 60% and 40%, respectively.”

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   fractionnoun/ˈfrækʃən/

   a small part or amount of something, especially compared with the whole

   “a tiny fraction”

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   make upphrasal verb/meɪk ʌp/

   to form or constitute a part of a whole (often used about percentages or proportions)

   “Foreign students make up almost 30% of the university population.”

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   percentagenoun/pəˈsen.tɪdʒ/

   a number or rate expressed as a fraction of 100

   “The percentage of graduates employed within six months increased to 78%.”

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   constituteverb/ˈkɒn.stɪ.tjuːt/

   to form or make up (something); to be the parts that combine to form something

   “Women constitute 48% of the workforce in the industry.”

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   representverb/ˌreprɪˈzent/

   to stand for, to be equal to a particular amount or to symbolize something in a chart or report

   “The red bars represent the percentage of unemployed people.”

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    be composed ofverb phrase/biː kəmˈpəʊzd əv/

    to be made up of; to consist of

    “The committee is composed of eight members from different departments.”

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    compriseverb/kəmˈpraɪz/

    to consist of; to be made up of (used to say what something contains as a whole)

    “The survey comprises 1,200 respondents from urban and rural areas.”

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    majoritynoun/məˈdʒɒr.ɪ.ti/

    the greater number or part; more than half

    “The majority of participants preferred the new design.”

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    rationoun/ˈreɪʃiəʊ/

    a relationship between two numbers showing how many times the first contains the second

    “ratio of males to females”

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    distributionnoun/ˌdɪstrɪˈbjuːʃən/

    the way something is shared out or spread across a range or area

    “distribution of population”

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    dominateverb/ˈdɒmɪneɪt/

    to be the largest or most important part; to have a commanding influence in numbers or importance

    “Service industries dominate the employment sector in the region.”

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    minoritynoun/maɪˈnɒr.ə.ti/

    the smaller number or part, especially a number that is less than half

    “Only a small minority opposed the new law.”

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    outnumberverb/aʊtˈnʌmbə/

    to be greater in number than someone or something else

    “By 2015, retirees outnumbered active workers in the town.”

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    predominantadjective/prɪˈdɒmɪnənt/

    present as the strongest or main element; most common or frequent

    “the predominant trend”

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    exceedverb/ɪkˈsiːd/

    to be greater than a number, amount, or limit

    “The proportion of students who prefer online lessons exceeded 40% in 2020.”

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    remaindernoun/rɪˈmeɪndə(r)/

    the part that is left after the other parts have been taken away

    “the remainder of the year”