commensurate
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
1Other 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
- commensurate , commiserate
Words Nearby commensurate
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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 | TimeNow 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 | TechCrunchFor 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 | ProPublicaHe’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 | FiveThirtyEightWhile 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.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTUniversity graduates often find they cannot get jobs commensurate with their education skills.
The titles themselves suggest palpable weirdness and un-wellness, a departure from reality commensurate with joining a cult.
But it has not delivered at a level of ambition commensurate with the scale of the crisis.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTIts blessings were not commensurate with its evils; but the evils were less than those which previously existed.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V | John LordHe 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 PaineThe Jews confessed their sins to their rabbis, and the penance or punishment was commensurate with their guilt.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantIf 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 BurkeIt 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
/ (kəˈmɛnsərɪt, -ʃə-) /
having the same extent or duration
corresponding in degree, amount, or size; proportionate
able to be measured by a common standard; commensurable
Origin of commensurate
1Derived forms of commensurate
- commensurately, adverb
- commensurateness, noun
- commensuration (kəˌmɛnsəˈreɪʃən, -ʃə-), noun
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