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commensurate

adj.
C1 Advanced US //kəˈmɛnsɝət// UK //kəmˈɛnsəɹət// com·men·su·rate Archaic

adj. equal in size, amount, or degree to something else. You use this when two things match perfectly, like a reward that is the same as the work you did.

adj. equal in size, amount, or degree. Often used to describe a relationship where one quantity is directly proportional to another.


SIMPLE

The salary is commensurate with the level of responsibility.

CONTEXTUAL

The team's success was commensurate with the amount of effort they had invested in the project.

COMPLEX

In physics, the force exerted on an object is commensurate with the mass of the object and the acceleration it experiences, as described by Newton's second law.

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Origin

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).

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