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commensurate

/kəˈmens(ə)rət/ UK
/kəˈmenʃ(ə)rət/ UK
/kəˈmensjərət/ UK
/kəˈmɛnsəɹət/ US
/kəˈmɛnʃəɹət/ US

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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).

adjective more commensurate · most commensurate

Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard. commensurate punishments
Similar: commensurable, allowable, appropriate, apropos, apposite, apt, comely, commensurate, correct, decorous, expedient, felicitous · Opposite: incommensurate, discommensurate, dissimilar, bad, improper, inappropriate, malapropos, inapt, inept, inopportune, out of line, out of order
Describing a crystal in which every atom or molecule is placed in the same relative position
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.

verb commensurates · commensurating · commensurated

obsolete To reduce to a common measure. For that division is not naturally founded, but artificially set down, and by agreement, as the aptest terms to define or commensurate the longitude of places.
obsolete To proportionate; to adjust. The rare temper and proportion, which the Church of England useth in commensurating the Forms of Absolution to the degrees of preparation and necessity, is to be observed

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adj proportionate; of a similar measurable standard

Español	conmensurado, conmensurativo
한국어	비례(比例)하다 biryehada
日本語	比例した hireishita
Français	commensurable
Deutsch	ausgewogen, angemessen, entsprechend, im Einklang stehend
Ελληνικά	ισόμετρος isómetros, ανάλογος análogos
Русский	соразме́рный sorazmérnyj, соизмери́мый soizmerímyj, соотве́тственный sootvétstvennyj, сопостави́мый sopostavímyj

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@misc{commensurate_2026,
  title = {commensurate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/commensurate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}