Portion and Scale

Portion

Portion noun - A state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand.

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Scale and portion are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scale" instead the word "Portion" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: portioned, portioning, porting, portionless

Scale noun - A device for measuring weight.

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Portion and scale are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Portion" instead the word "Scale" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: scaled, scaling, scalable

human	human portion	human scale
good	good portion	good scale
long	long portion	long scale
short	short portion	short scale
Other adjectives: certain, small, actual, entire, massive, large, big, great, huge, lower, new, major, limited, vast, greater, larger, smaller.

Billy Joel, with a couple exceptions (such as "New York State Of Mind" and a good portion of An Innocent Man) usually falls squarely on the cynical side of the scale.

Source: Sliding Scale Of Idealism Versus Cynicism / Music
The Sangheili also practice this on a large scale, glassing a large portion of Africa to ensure the infestation is eliminated.

Source: Fire Keeps It Dead
The law-chaos scale determining another portion of one's mindset is gone, so now alignment is simply determining just how good or evil you are.

Source: Card Carrying Villain / Tabletop Games

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