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commensurate

UK/kəˈmens(ə)rət/US/kəˈmɛnsəɹət/
adjectiveC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,198 of 15,258leans written

Commensurate means in fair proportion to something else. Commensurate with experience, a commensurate rise, punishment commensurate with the crime.

It always takes with and is the standard phrase in job advertisements, where salary commensurate with experience means they will not name a figure. In mathematics it means measurable by a common unit.

Definitions of commensurate

  1. 1adjectivecommensurateIn fair proportion to something else.C2

    “The punishment should be commensurate with the seriousness of the crime.”

commensurate is a quality.

Remember it

The Latin is to measure against. Commensurate means matched, the way two things measured side by side come out exactly even.

hooks ontomeasure

Where it comes from

Latin commensuratus is com-, together, plus mensura, a measure.

  1. Latin

    commēnsūrātus

  2. English, today

    commensurate

Built from

  • mēnsūrō · Latin — to measure, to estimate

1641; Latin commēnsūrātus, from com- + mēnsūrātus, perfect passive participle of mēnsūrō (“to measure, to estimate”), (see -ate and -ate), from Latin mēnsūra (“measure”) + -ō.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

commensurate in the wild

  • As in England, a commensurate Oath of Supremacy was required for admission to offices.

    Oath of Supremacy

  • Properly addressing the issue of international living space of the Taiwan region commensurate with its status so as to share the dignity of the Chinese nation.

    May 17 Statement

  • Whilst aides de camp (ADCs) are responsible for administration, MAs provide the general (or flag) officer with advice, guidance and insight commensurate with past experience and rank.

    Military assistant

  • Chelsea Manor House was once the demesne of the main manor of the medieval parish now roughly commensurate with the district of Chelsea, London.

    Chelsea Manor

  • Pooja received her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery commensurate with MD from the University of Auckland in 2011.

    Pooja Chitgopekar

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.