Commensurate

Word COMMENSURATE
Character 12
Hyphenation com men su rate
Pronunciations /kəˈmɛnʃəɹət/

Definitions and meanings of "Commensurate"

What do we mean by commensurate?

Of the same size, extent, or duration as another. adjective

Corresponding in size or degree; proportionate. adjective

Measurable by a common standard; commensurable. adjective

To reduce to a common measure.

To adapt; proportionate.

Reducible to a common measure; commensurable.

Of equal size; having the same boundaries.

Corresponding in amount, degree, or magnitude; adequate; proportionate to the purpose, occasion, capacity, etc.: as, we find nothing in this life commensurate with our desires.

To reduce to a common measure. transitive verb

To proportionate; to adjust. transitive verb

Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure. adjective

Equal in measure or extent; proportionate. adjective

Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard. adjective

Corresponding in size or degree or extent adjective

To reduce to a common measure.

To proportionate; to adjust.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Commensurate

The word "commensurate" in example sentences

Additionally, members can qualify to serve with the Expectation of Continued Employment after their sixth consecutive year of employment pending a performance review but will "normally be reappointed with a term commensurate with the term just completed," according to University policy. ❋ Operations Manager (2010)

We are of course at war and so, given how serious the Government says matters are (such that they justify these new inroads into our freedoms), then perhaps we ought to treat the funding of our military in commensurate manner, foregoing some of the luxuries to which we have become accustomed. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I kept silence from utter inability to say a word commensurate with my grief. ❋ Unknown (1895)

Based on the implied yield available on zero-coupon government issues with an equivalent term commensurate with the expected term of the awards.

IRS, and a proposal was put forth to possibly transfer her to contract status at the same compensation rate, with a designation commensurate with her status and contributions to the organization.

If someone like Justice Souter said something “equivalent,” or commensurate, which is to say make an aside comment in an informal setting ❋ Unknown (2007)

If someone like Justice Souter said something “equivalent,” or commensurate, which is to say make an aside comment in an informal setting, nothing would, and nothing has, been made of it. ❋ Unknown (2007)

This consideration, apart from any other, should be sufficient to convince us that there is no solution of our problems apart from a return to simpler conditions of life, such as would reduce the complexity of our relationships to terms commensurate with the human understanding. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"That is all," the man said, and March felt in his pocket for a coin commensurate to the service he had done them; it ought to be something handsome. ❋ William Dean Howells (1878)

If I am reviewing a book should I withhold my judgment of that book or fail to express it in terms commensurate with my evaluation? ❋ Unknown (2009)

But a corporation isn't a living entity, it is a cultural fiction and responsibility should commensurate with actions. is that an accepted usage of "commensurate"? ❋ Steven Barnes (2010)

In a recent speech, he raised the possibility of restoring the agency's use of a seldom-used tactic known as the "commensurate test," which examines whether nonprofits are spending money on charitable programs "commensurate" with their financial resources. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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