Extension
Extension noun - The act of making longer.
Proportion and extension are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proportion" instead a noun "Extension".
Proportion
Proportion noun - A balanced, pleasing, or suitable arrangement of parts.
Extension and proportion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Extension" instead a noun "Proportion".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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The USSR had spent a huge proportion of its budget, and by extension tied up huge shares of its GDP, in sustaining the largest peacetime military in world history (in absolute and proportional terms).
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Proportion and Extension. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/extension/proportion
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Proportion or Extension. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/extension/proportion.
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