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commensurate
[ kuh-men-ser-it, -sher- ]
adjective
- corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree:
Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- proportionate; adequate:
a solution commensurate to the seriousness of the problem.
- having the same measure; of equal extent or duration.
- having a common measure or divisor; commensurable.
commensurate
/ kəˈmɛnsərɪt; -ʃə-; -ʃə-; kəˌmɛnsəˈreɪʃən /
adjective
- having the same extent or duration
- corresponding in degree, amount, or size; proportionate
- able to be measured by a common standard; commensurable
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Derived Forms
- comˈmensurateness, noun
- comˈmensurately, adverb
- commensuration, noun
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Other Words From
- com·mensu·rate·ly adverb
- com·mensu·rate·ness noun
- com·men·su·ra·tion [k, uh, -men-s, uh, -, rey, -sh, uh, n, -sh, uh, -], noun
- uncom·mensu·rate adjective
- uncom·mensu·rate·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of commensurate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of commensurate1
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Example Sentences
Nevertheless, commensurate reductions in greenhouse gas emissions have not been made.
University graduates often find they cannot get jobs commensurate with their education skills.
The titles themselves suggest palpable weirdness and un-wellness, a departure from reality commensurate with joining a cult.
But it has not delivered at a level of ambition commensurate with the scale of the crisis.
The effort invested in “getting it right” should be commensurate with the importance of the decision.
Its blessings were not commensurate with its evils; but the evils were less than those which previously existed.
He had become suddenly a person of substance-an associate of men of consequence, with a commensurate income.
The Jews confessed their sins to their rabbis, and the penance or punishment was commensurate with their guilt.
If they have any evil design to which there is no ordinary legal power commensurate, they bring it into Parliament.
It is, indeed, difficult for the pastor to adopt a policy commensurate with modern demands.
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