commensurate

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: com=men=su=rate

CIDE DICTIONARY

commensurate, v. t. [Pref. com- + mensurate.].

•  To reduce to a common measure.  Sir T. Browne.  [1913 Webster]
•  To proportionate; to adjust.  T. Puller  [1913 Webster]

commensurate, a. 

•  Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities.  [1913 Webster]
•  Equal in measure or extent; proportionate.  [1913 Webster]

  "Those who are persuaded that they shall continue forever, can not choose but aspire after a happiness commensurate to their duration."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

commensurate, adj.
1 (usu. foll. by with) having the same size, duration, etc.; coextensive.
2 (often foll. by to, with) proportionate.

Derivative

commensurately adv.

Etymology

LL commensuratus (as COM-, MEASURE)

THESAURUS

commensurate

accordant, adequate, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, alike, ample, analogical, analogous, answerable, at one, at par, au pair, barely sufficient, coexistent, coexisting, coherent, coincident, coinciding, collatable, commensurable, comparable, comparative, compatible, competent, concordant, concurring, conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, consentaneous, consentient, consistent, consonant, cooperating, cooperative, correlative, correspondent, corresponding, decent, drawn, due, en rapport, enough, equal, equal to, equalized, equivalent, even, even stephen, fifty-fifty, fit, good, good enough, half-and-half, harmonious, in accord, in agreement, in rapport, in sync, in synchronization, inaccordance, inharmony, knotted, level, like, like-minded, matchable, minimal, minimum, much at one, nip and tuck, of a piece, of like mind, of one mind, on a footing, on a level, on a par, on all fours, on even ground, par, parallel, plenty, plenty good enough, positive, proportionable, proportionate, quits, reconcilable, relative, satisfactory, satisfying, self-consistent, similar, square, stalemated, substantial, sufficient, sufficient for, sufficing, suitable, symbiotic, symmetrical, synchronized, synchronous, tied, unanimous, uniform, unisonant, unisonous, up to

ROGET THESAURUS

commensurate

Sufficiency

VB be sufficient, suffice, do, just do, satisfy, pass muster, have enough, eat, one's fill, drink one's fill, have one's fill, roll in, swim in, wallow in, wanton, abound, exuberate, teem, flow, stream, rain, shower down, pour, pour in, swarm, bristle with, superabound, render sufficient, replenish, Adj, sufficient, enough, adequate, up to the mark, commensurate, competent, satisfactory, valid, tangible, measured, moderate, full, ample, plenty, plentiful, plenteous, plenty as blackberries, copious, abundant, abounding, replete, enough and to spare, flush, choke-full, chock-full, well-stocked, well- provided, liberal, unstinted, unstinting, stintless, without stint, unsparing, unmeasured, lavish, wholesale, rich, luxuriant, affluent, wantless, big with, unexhausted, unwasted, exhaustless, inexhaustible, Adv, sufficiently, amply.

N sufficiency, adequacy, enough, withal, satisfaction, competence, no less, quantum sufficit, Q, S, mediocrity, fill, fullness, plenitude, plenty, abundance, copiousness, amplitude, galore, lots, profusion, full measure, good measure pressed down and running, over, luxuriance, affluence, fat of the land, a land flowing with milk and honey, cornucopia, horn of plenty, horn of Amalthaea, mine, outpouring, flood, tide, repletion, satiety, sufficient, enough, adequate, up to the mark, commensurate, competent, satisfactory, valid, tangible, measured, moderate, full, ample, plenty, plentiful, plenteous, plenty as blackberries, copious, abundant, abounding, replete, enough and to spare, flush, choke-full, chock-full, well-stocked, well- provided, liberal, unstinted, unstinting, stintless, without stint, unsparing, unmeasured, lavish, wholesale, rich, luxuriant, affluent, wantless, big with, unexhausted, unwasted, exhaustless, inexhaustible, sufficiently, amply Adj, full, in abundance, with no sparing hand, to one's heart's content, ad libitum, without stint, cut and come again, das Beste ist gut genug.

Agreement

N agreement, accord, accordance, unison, harmony, concord, concordance, concert, understanding, mutual understanding, conformity, conformance, uniformity, consonance, consentaneousness, consistency, congruity, congruence, keeping, congeniality, correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union, fitness, aptness, relevancy, pertinence, pertinencey, sortance, case in point, aptitude, coaptation, propriety, applicability, admissibility, commensurability, compatibility, cognation, adaption, adjustment, graduation, accommodation, reconciliation, reconcilement, assimilation, consent, concurrence, cooperation, right man in the right place, very thing, quite the thing, just the thing, agreeing, suiting, in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, congenial, coherent, becoming, harmonious reconcilable, conformable, in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with at one with, of one mind, of a piece, consistent, compatible, proportionate, commensurate, on all fours, apt, apposite, pertinent, pat, to the point, to the purpose, happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible, fit adapted, in loco, a propos, appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous, deft, meet, at home, in one's proper element, a propos of, pertinently, rem acu tetigisti, if the shoe fits, wear it, the cap fits, auxilia humilia firma consensus facit, discers concordia.

Numeration

N numeration, numbering, pagination, tale, recension, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation, calculation, calculus, algorithm, algorism, rhabdology, dactylonomy, measurement, statistics, arithmetic, analysis, algebra, geometry, analytical geometry, fluxions, differential calculus, integral calculus, infinitesimal calculus, calculus of differences, dead reckoning, muster, poll, census, capitation, roll call, recapitulation, account, notation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rule of three, practice, equations, extraction of roots, reduction, involution, evolution, estimation, approximation, interpolation, differentiation, integration, abacus, logometer, slide rule, slipstick, tallies, Napier's bones, calculating machine, difference engine, suan- pan, adding machine, cash register, electronic calculator, calculator, computer, arithmetician, calculator, abacist, algebraist, mathematician, statistician, geometer, programmer, accountant, auditor, numeral, numerical, arithmetical, analytic, algebraic, statistical, numerable, computable, calculable, commensurable, commensurate, incommensurable, incommensurate, innumerable, unfathomable, infinite, quantitatively, arithmetically, measurably, in numbers.