commensurateness

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kəˈmɛnsərɪtnəs/ UK /kəˈmenʃərɪtnəs/ See IPA manual

noun

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1

noun
the quality of being proportionate or corresponding in measure

He questioned the commensurateness of the penalty to the offense.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of being... proportion correspondence proportionality adequacy equivalence

Opposites

disproportion inadequacyincommensurateness

Word family

Related forms commensurate commensurable measure

Etymology

From commensurate + -ness, from Late Latin commensuratus, from com- ('together') + mensuratus, past participle of mensurare ('to measure'), from mensura ('measure'), from metiri ('to measure').

mensurare Late Latin metiri Latin

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# commensurateness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** kəˈmɛnsərɪtnəs
**IPA (UK):** kəˈmenʃərɪtnəs

## Meanings
1. the quality of being proportionate or corresponding in measure

## Examples
- He questioned the commensurateness of the penalty to the offense.

## Synonyms
- proportion
- correspondence
- proportionality
- adequacy
- equivalence

## Antonyms
- disproportion
- inadequacy
- incommensurateness

## Related Forms
- commensurate
- commensurable
- measure

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mensurare
- Root: metiri

## Etymology
From commensurate + -ness, from Late Latin commensuratus, from com- ('together') + mensuratus, past participle of mensurare ('to measure'), from mensura ('measure'), from metiri ('to measure').

## AI Etymology
Commensurateness comes from commensurate + -ness, from Late Latin commensuratus, from com- ('together') + mensuratus, past participle of mensurare ('to measure'), from mensura ('measure'), from metiri ('to measure'). The historical trail runs through mensurare in Late Latin and metiri in Latin. Morphologically, commensurateness is transparent: it draws on commensurate + -ness, from Late Latin commensuratus, from com- ('together') + mensuratus, past participle of mensurare ('to measure'), from mensura ('measure'), from metiri ('to measure'). Used as a noun, commensurateness now means "the quality of being proportionate or corresponding in measure", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as commensurate, commensurable, and measure. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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