Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of the same size, extent, or duration as another.
  • adjective Corresponding in size or degree; proportionate.
  • adjective Measurable by a common standard; commensurable.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • 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.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To reduce to a common measure.
  • transitive verb To proportionate; to adjust.
  • adjective Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure.
  • adjective Equal in measure or extent; proportionate.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective corresponding in size or degree or extent

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Late Latin commēnsūrātus : Latin com-, com- + mēnsūrātus (from past participle of mēnsūrāre, to measure, from Latin mēnsūra, measure; see measure).]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Latin com- ("together, with") + mēnsūrō ("measure; estimate").

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Examples

  • 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.

    The Cavalier Daily Operations Manager 2010

  • 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.

    The Cavalier Daily Operations Manager 2010

  • 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.

    The Cavalier Daily 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.

    Brown: A Grave Dereliction of Duty 2007

  • 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.

    Archive 2007-11-18 2007

  • I kept silence from utter inability to say a word commensurate with my grief.

    NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895

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

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

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  • 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.

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

    The Volokh Conspiracy » A Good One-Liner from Justice Thomas: 2007

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  • "... face to face for the last time in history with something commensurate to his capacity for wonder."

    January 2, 2008

  • adjective: to be in proportion or corresponding in degree or amount

    The convicted felon’s life sentence was commensurate with the heinousness of his crime.

    October 11, 2016