commensurate
/kəˈmɛnsəɹət/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard.
adj
Describing two numbers within the same Archimedean class, so that neither is infinitely larger than the other.
Example Sentences
- "commensurate punishments"
- "The rewards will be commensurate with the efforts made."
- "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."
- "The $100 settlement was hardly commensurate with the humiliation his client had experienced."
- "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."
- "Mr. Katzenberg is now taking his commensurate lumps, particularly because contributors feel he helped disabuse donors’ concerns about Mr. Biden’s physical state."
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).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kəˈmɛnsəɹət/
- British English: /kəˈmens(ə)rət/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more commensurate (comparative)
most commensurate (superlative)
commensurates (present, singular)
commensurating (participle, present)
commensurated (participle, past)
commensurated (past)