commensurate

[ kuh-men-ser-it, -sher- ]

/ kəˈmɛn sər ɪt, -ʃər- /

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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.

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Origin of commensurate

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, adverbcom·men·su·rate·ness, nouncom·men·su·ra·tion

[kuh-men-suh-rey-shuhn, -shuh-], /kəˌmɛn səˈreɪ ʃən, -ʃə-/, nounun·com·men·su·rate, adjective

un·com·men·su·rate·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH commensurate

commensurate , commiserate

Words nearby commensurate

commendatory, commended, commensal, commensalism, commensurable, commensurate, comment, commentariat, commentary, commentate, commentative

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How to use commensurate in a sentence

It’s moving cement and metal at a speed that is commensurate with the molecules that you’re moving in your lab.
Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown on a Plant-Based Future, Climate Change and Returning to the Office|Eben Shapiro|July 11, 2021|Time
Now is the right opportunity to complete the transformation of Lifeline to broadband and expand its utilization by increasing the benefit to a level commensurate with the broadband marketplace and making the benefit directly available to end users.
Reform the US low-income broadband program by rebuilding Lifeline|Annie Siebert|April 16, 2021|TechCrunch
For months, The Inquirer, Spotlight PA and ProPublica have investigated this and other issues, including whether school leaders and board members have fulfilled that mission to a degree commensurate with the charity’s vast resources.
Hershey Profits Fund $17 Billion Endowment for Nonprofit School, but Board Member Says It Won’t Let Him See Financial Records|by Bob Fernandez, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Charlotte Keith, Spotlight PA|April 16, 2021|ProPublica
He’s working on the most efficient season of his career, playing well enough defensively to merit serious consideration for his third All-Defense selection, and he has now been paid at a level commensurate with his impact.
Jrue Holiday Has Delivered For The Bucks, And They Delivered For Him|Jared Dubin|April 6, 2021|FiveThirtyEight

While she’s happy about the successes of captive breeding and cloning, Bly says that there hasn’t been a commensurate amount of money made available for reintroduction and management of wild ferrets.
The fight to save America’s most endangered mammal|Ula Chrobak|March 5, 2021|Popular-Science
Nevertheless, commensurate reductions in greenhouse gas emissions have not been made.
30 Years to Catastrophe—Bill McKibben’s Mission to Save Us|Mark Hertsgaard|September 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
University graduates often find they cannot get jobs commensurate with their education skills.
The Algeria Powder Keg|Bruce Riedel|January 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The titles themselves suggest palpable weirdness and un-wellness, a departure from reality commensurate with joining a cult.
The Obama Haters Book Club: The Canon Swells|John Avlon|October 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But it has not delivered at a level of ambition commensurate with the scale of the crisis.
Gordon Brown: Our Silent Education Crisis|Gordon Brown|January 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The effort invested in “getting it right” should be commensurate with the importance of the decision.
Daniel Kahneman Talks Intuition and Optimism With Sam Harris|Sam Harris|November 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Its blessings were not commensurate with its evils; but the evils were less than those which previously existed.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V|John Lord
He had become suddenly a person of substance-an associate of men of consequence, with a commensurate income.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
The Jews confessed their sins to their rabbis, and the penance or punishment was commensurate with their guilt.
The Mysteries of All Nations|James Grant
If they have any evil design to which there is no ordinary legal power commensurate, they bring it into Parliament.
Thoughts on the Present Discontents|Edmund Burke
It is, indeed, difficult for the pastor to adopt a policy commensurate with modern demands.
The Minister and the Boy|Allan Hoben

British Dictionary definitions for commensurate

commensurate

/ (kəˈmɛnsərɪt, -ʃə-) /

adjective

having the same extent or duration

corresponding in degree, amount, or size; proportionate

able to be measured by a common standard; commensurable

Derived forms of commensurate

commensurately, adverbcommensurateness, nouncommensuration (kəˌmɛnsəˈreɪʃən, -ʃə-), noun

Word Origin for commensurate

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

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