commensurate
adjective
corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree.
commensuration
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a word derived from
commensurate.
Example Sentences
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"The government of Tamil Nadu has already been requested to take appropriate action against those whose performance of duty was not found in commensuration with the position they held," the chargesheet read.
From Reuters ● May 20, 2022
I hope the judge will take commensuration on his youth.
From Joseph Andrews, Volume 2 by Henry Fielding
This sort of commensuration, or essential ordination of one reality to another, is obviously the basis of transcendental relations.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
By which perfect commensuration of the parts appeareth the hugenesse of the whole, farre beyond the mould of the biggest shipping vsed among vs either for warre or receit.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 11 by Richard Hakluyt
For it matters much in sickness or deformity, whether one departs more or less from the due commensuration of humors or members.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Aquinas Thomas
