Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
corresponding in size or degree or extent;
- Example: "pay should be commensurate with the time worked"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Commensurate \Com*men"su*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Commensurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commensurating.] [Pref.
com- + mensurate.]
1. To reduce to a common measure. --Sir T. Browne.
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2. To proportionate; to adjust. --T. Puller
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Commensurate \Com*men"su*rate\, a.
1. Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a
common measure; as, commensurate quantities.
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2. Equal in measure or extent; proportionate.
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Those who are persuaded that they shall continue
forever, can not choose but aspire after a happiness
commensurate to their duration. --Tillotson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
commensurate
adj 1: corresponding in size or degree or extent; "pay should be
commensurate with the time worked" [ant:
incommensurate]