commensurate

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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commensurate (kəˈmɛnsərɪt, -ʃə-)

—*adj*
1.	having the same extent or duration
2.	corresponding in degree, amount, or size; proportionate
3.	able to be measured by a common standard; commensurable

[C17: from Late Latin commēnsūrātus, from Latin com- same + mēnsurāre to measure]

com'mensurately

—*adv*

com'mensurateness

—n

commensuration

—n

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commensurate

c.1400, from L.L. commensuratus, from L. com- "with" + L.L. mensuratus, pp. of mensurare "to measure," from mensura (see measure).

Example sentences

Those universities receive money commensurate with bricks and mortar, while

maintaining relatively tiny faculty costs.

Authority and power are here commensurate with the duty imposed.

Security staff and contractors will receive initial and annual training

commensurate with their position.

Pay will be commensurate with experience and ability.

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"... the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at a commensurate speed."

-Maya Angelou