commensurate

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

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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.

Origin of commensurate

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

Related formscom·men·su·rate·ly, adverbcom·men·su·rate·ness, nouncom·men·su·ra·tion

[kuh-men-suh-rey-shuh n, -shuh-] /kəˌmɛn səˈreɪ ʃən, -ʃə-/, nounun·com·men·su·rate, adjectiveun·com·men·su·rate·ly, adverb

Can be confusedcommensurate commiserate

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Related Words for commensurately

fairly, equally, justly, squarely, precisely, equitably, proportionately, identically, alike, exactly, tied, analogously, commensurately, correspondingly, equivalently, fifty-fifty, impartially, symmetrically, synonymously, abundantly

Examples from the Web for commensurately

Historical Examples of commensurately

But they have not improved either in marching or in fighting at all commensurately with the improved appliances.
Camps, Quarters and Casual Places
Archibald Forbes
He wished at once that he could get something which would pay him commensurately with his ability.
The "Genius"
Theodore Dreiser
But this change has not commensurately affected the German universities.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine--Vol. 54, No. 333, July 1843
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British Dictionary definitions for commensurately

commensurate

adjective

having the same extent or duration
corresponding in degree, amount, or size; proportionate
able to be measured by a common standard; commensurable

Derived Formscommensurately, 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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Word Origin and History for commensurately

commensurate

adj.

1640s, from Late Latin commensuratus, from Latin com- "with" (see com-) + Late Latin mensuratus, past participle of mensurare "to measure," from mensura (see measure (v.)).