commensurate

[ kuh-men-ser-it, -sher- ]
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adjective
  1. corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.

  2. proportionate; adequate: a solution commensurate to the seriousness of the problem.

  1. having the same measure; of equal extent or duration.

  2. having a common measure or divisor; commensurable.

Origin of commensurate

1
1635–45; <Late Latin commēnsūrātus, equivalent to Latin com-com- + mēnsūrātus (past participle of mēnsūrāre to measure); see -ate1

Other words from commensurate

  • com·men·su·rate·ly, adverb
  • com·men·su·rate·ness, noun
  • com·men·su·ra·tion [kuh-men-suh-rey-shuhn, -shuh-], /kəˌmɛn səˈreɪ ʃən, -ʃə-/, noun
  • un·com·men·su·rate, adjective
  • un·com·men·su·rate·ly, adverb

Words that may be confused with commensurate

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How to use commensurate in a sentence

  • But they have not improved either in marching or in fighting at all commensurately with the improved appliances.

  • The feeling of loyalty which the child has for his home does not extend commensurately to the school.

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  • Presently it was apparent that as the distance from Yellow Sky grew shorter, the husband became commensurately restless.

British Dictionary definitions for commensurate

commensurate

/ (kəˈmɛnsərɪt, -ʃə-) /


adjective
  1. having the same extent or duration

  2. corresponding in degree, amount, or size; proportionate

  1. able to be measured by a common standard; commensurable

Origin of commensurate

1
C17: from Late Latin commēnsūrātus, from Latin com- same + mēnsurāre to measure

Derived forms of commensurate

  • commensurately, adverb
  • commensurateness, noun
  • commensuration (kəˌmɛnsəˈreɪʃən, -ʃə-), noun

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