commensurate en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /kəˈmenʃ(ə)rət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /kəˈmensjərət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /kəˈmɛnʃəɹət/ (General-American)
- /kəˈmens(ə)rət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /kəˈmɛnsəɹət/ (General-American)
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).
Meanings
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Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard.
Kettering will become an important interchange for passengers making these journeys, and EMR is considering improvements to the station's facilities commensurate with this status.
2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 54:The rewards will be commensurate with the efforts made.
The $100 settlement was hardly commensurate with the humiliation his client had experienced.
1981 February 7, David Morris, “Gay Man Wins Suit Against Police”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 28, page 4:Mr. Katzenberg is now taking his commensurate lumps, particularly because contributors feel he helped disabuse donors’ concerns about Mr. Biden’s physical state.
2024 July 11, Theodore Schleifer, Jacob Bernstein, Reid J. Epstein, “How Biden Lost George Clooney and Hollywood”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:If it is essential in our interests to maintain a quasi-permanent position of power on the Asian mainland as against the Chinese then we must be prepared to continue to pay the present cost in Vietnam indefinitely and to meet any escalation on the other side with at least a commensurate escalation of commitment of our own.
1962, Senator Mike Mansfield, Report to the President on Southeast Asia-Vietnam:commensurate punishments
- Describing a crystal in which every atom or molecule is placed in the same relative position
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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.
2013, Aaron N. Siegel, Combinatorial Game Theory, →ISBN, page 424:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more commensurate | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most commensurate | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
unseemly · out of place · inept · unhappy · out of order · inappropriate · inapt · incommensurate · unapt · dissimilar · unsuitable · inopportune · unfit · bad · malapropos · incommensurate · improper · out of line · discommensurate · discommensurate
Coordinates
comparable · equal · fungible · equivalent · identical · similar · interchangeable
Deriveds
commensurately · uncommensurate · commensurateness
Synonyms
proportionate · fitting · proper · sensible · up to standard · correct · conformable · tidy · felicitous · meet · right · compatible · in line · commensurate · allowable · suitable · appropriate · seemly · in line · apt · sortable · gainand · congruent · apropos · idoneous · commensurate · fit · compliant · comely · commensurable · opportune · congruous · in step · expedient · decorous · conformant · apposite · likely · uniform · consistent · fit for purpose
Translations (29)
ru соразме́рный (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · fi vastaava (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · ru сопостави́мый (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · tr oranlı (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · es conmensurativo (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · el ισόμετρος (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · de angemessen (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · de im Einklang stehend (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · ko 비례(比例)하다 (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · de ausgewogen (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · bg съразмерен (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · ru соотве́тственный (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · bg съизмерим (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · es conmensurado (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · fi verrannollinen (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · fi yhteismitallinen (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · ja 比例した (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · tr orantılı (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · ru соизмери́мый (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · mk сомерлив (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · mk сразмерен (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · fr commensurable (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · de entsprechend (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · pl współmierny (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · sv kommensurabel (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · ga de réir (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · lv samērojams (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · ga ar cóimhéid (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard) · el ανάλογος (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard)