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Webster 1913 Edition
Commensurate
Com-men′su-rate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Commensurated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Commensurating
.] [Pref.
com-
+ mensurate
.] 1.
To reduce to a common measure.
Sir T. Browne.
2.
To proportionate; to adjust.
T. Puller
Com-men′su-rate
,Adj.
1.
Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure;
as,
. commensurate
quantities2.
Equal in measure or extent; proportionate.
Those who are persuaded that they shall continue forever, can not choose but aspire after a happiness
commensurate
to their duration. Tillotson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Commensurate
COMMENSURATE
, a.1.
Reducible to one and the same common measure.2.
Equal; proportional; having equal measure or extent.We fine nothing in this life commensurate to our desires.
COMMENSURATE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
commensurate
commensurate
English
Adjective
commensurate (comparative more commensurate, superlative most commensurate)
- Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard.
- If it is essential in our interests to maintain a quasi-permanent position of power on the Asian mainland as against the Chinese then we must be prepared to continue to pay the present cost in Vietnam indefinitely and to meet any escalation on the other side with at least a commensurate escalation of commitment of our own. - Report to the President on Southeast Asia-Vietnam by Senator Mike Mansfield, December 18, 1962
Antonyms
Translations
proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
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Verb
commensurate (third-person singular simple present commensurates, present participle commensurating, simple past and past participle commensurated)
- To reduce to a common measure.
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- To proportionate; to adjust.
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Italian
Verb
commensurate
- second-person plural present indicative of commensurare
- second-person plural imperative of commensurare
- feminine plural of commensurato