commensurate

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kəˈmɛnsəɹət/ UK /kəˈmɛnʃəɹət/ See IPA manual

Freq #55533

Meanings

1

adj
In proportion to something; matching it in size, degree, or amount.

Your pay should be commensurate with the hours you work.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · in proportion to something;... proportionate appropriate

Word family

Derived forms commensurately commensuratenessuncommensurate

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).

mēnsūra Latin

View etymology graph ->

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

External links

# commensurate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /kəˈmɛnsəɹət/
**IPA (UK):** /kəˈmɛnʃəɹət/
**Frequency rank:** 55533

## Meanings
1. In proportion to something; matching it in size, degree, or amount.

## Examples
- Your pay should be commensurate with the hours you work.

## Derived Forms
- commensurately
- commensurateness
- uncommensurate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mēnsūra

## 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).

## AI Etymology
Commensurate is 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). In present-day use, it means in proportion to something; matching it in size, degree, or amount. Derived formations include commensurately, commensurateness, and uncommensurate.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

markdown