ratio

CEFRB1

/ˈɹeɪ.ʃi.əʊ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The relationship between two amounts, shown by how many times one contains another.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Ellipsis of ratio decidendi.

Examples

  • The application allows you to quickly calculate the ratio of body mass index - BMI.

  • The merger was implemented on a 50-50 ratio.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈɹeɪ.si.əʊ/
  • /ˈɹeɪ.ʃəʊ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).

  2. A number representing a comparison between two named things.

  3. The number of comments to a post or other expression on social media relative to the number of likes; a high ratio suggests disagreement with the contents of the original post.

More examples

In context

  • The school has a very high teacher-student ratio.

  • It is essential that you ratio anyone who comes for your honour.

  • It used to be fun to watch tweets like that get ratioed back into their ugly corner of the internet.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The recipe requires a 2:1 blank of flour to sugar for the perfect cake.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Latin ratiō. Doublet of ration and reason.