Commensurate

//kəˈmɛnʃəɹət// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To reduce to a common measure. obsolete

    "For that division is not naturally founded, but artificially set down, and by agreement, as the aptest terms to define or commensurate the longitude of places."

  2. 2
    To proportionate; to adjust. obsolete

    "The rare temper and proportion, which the Church of England useth in commensurating the Forms of Absolution to the degrees of preparation and necessity, is to be observed"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard.

    "commensurate punishments"

  2. 2
    Describing a crystal in which every atom or molecule is placed in the same relative position
  3. 3
    Describing two numbers within the same Archimedean class, so that neither is infinitely larger than the other.

    "Crucially, every positive surreal number is commensurate with exactly one ω-power, in the following sense."

Adjective
  1. 1
    corresponding in size or degree or extent wordnet

Synonyms

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commensurableproportionateaccordantadequateaffirmativeagreeable

Example

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"Tom got a job commensurate with his training and experience."

Etymology

First attested in 1641; borrowed from Late Latin commēnsūrātus, from com- (“together, with”) + mēnsūrātus, perfect passive participle of mēnsūrō (“to measure, to estimate”), (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin mēnsūra (“measure”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

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