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 Definitions of commensurate  [əˈmɛn sər ɪt, -ʃər-]  

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Definition of 'commensurate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) commensurate
of equal extent or duration.

2.  commensurate
corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree; proportionate:
a sentence commensurate with the crime.

Etymology:  (1635–45; < LL commēnsūrātus= L com-com - +mēnsūrātus, ptp. of mēnsūrāre to measure)

Definition of 'commensurate' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) commensurate
corresponding in size or degree or extent
"pay should be commensurate with the time worked"


Definition of 'commensurate' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) commensurate
having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities

2. (adj) commensurate
equal in measure or extent; proportionate

3. (verb) commensurate
to reduce to a common measure

4. (verb) commensurate
to proportionate; to adjust



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