commensurate
18
7.5
- adjective
- /kəˈmɛnʃərɪt/
- Formal
:
proporcional
- Japan's role in the League of Nations was commensurate with the status of a major nation.
- commensurate levels
- commensurate with their ability
- commensurate reading skills
And the salaries were relatively commensurate one with the other.
- And the salaries were relatively commensurate one with the other.
- Is that commensurate also with the development of body odor?
- I do not think that is a commensurate response to the way Nancy Mace is behaving.
- And the length of the rabbit ear is commensurate with the length of the radio wave that it's trying to capture, so that's OK.
- We literally have an administration that is commence commensurate with the Facebook comments section.
- Sorry, all these terms, which is the increase in output of a new technology has a commensurate measurable decrease in the cost.
- It has a very specific meaning, you know, and this just does not, it's not commensurate to.
- Say somebody of another race evokes limbic responses in US commensurate with they are a them, they respond, they motivate automatic responses.
Examples
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The possibilities for employment commensurate with the educational background for persons with visual disabilities have increased.
Academic text (1995) -
But Jemima, being two years older, had privileges and obligations commensurate with her seniority.
Fiction book (1990) -
And the salaries were relatively commensurate one with the other.
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The level of healing is always going to be commensurate to the level of injury.
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In so doing, all students make progress commensurate with their abilities.
Academic text (2008) -
Our public school system promises Joe an appropriate education commensurate with his abilities.
Academic text (1992) -
Developed countries with deep financial sectors and the commensurate level of monetary independence are unlikely to accept it.
Academic text (1999) -
For these subjects, the psychological benefit of competing was commensurate with that of aerobic exercise in general.
Academic text (1994) -
I still believe that prestigious titles and commensurate high salaries empower people within organizations to influence policy.
Academic text (1994) -
Her promotion came with a salary that was commensurate with her new responsibilities.
Synonyms
131
3.6
Similar in value, amount, or quality
46
3.5
Similar in quality, value, or amount to something else
38
4.7
One amount grows when another grows in the same way
16
5.1
The right size or amount compared with something else
3
3.9
Having the same position, job, or purpose
1
7.3
Being a good match with something else
Having a size, amount, or degree that matches something else
Antonyms
How Proportionate
237
2.9
143
3.5
- Formal
18
7.5
16
5.1
47
5.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
commensurate = measure (semi-transparent) = com + mensur
The prefix 'com-' plus a root related to 'measure' gives the sense 'with/according to measure', but the root form 'mensur-' is not a productive standalone English morpheme, so the derivation is partly guessable but not fully regular for learners.
Etymology
Commensurate comes from Latin parts com- 'with' and mensura 'measure', the same root as the English word measure. So to say something is commensurate with something else is to say it has the 'same measure', which is why the word means it matches in size, amount, or degree.