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   com·men·su·rate

   /kəˈmens(ə)rət/

   adjective

   • 1. corresponding in size or degree; in proportion: "salary will be commensurate with experience" Similar equivalentequalcorrespondingcorrespondentcomparableproportionateproportionalrare:commensurableappropriate toin keeping within line withconsistent withcorresponding toin accordance withaccording torelative toin proportion withproportionate todependent onbased onrare:commensurable with/toOpposite disproportionate

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from late Latin commensuratus, from com- ‘together’ + mensuratus, past participle of mensurare ‘to measure’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. commensurately adverb
   • 2. commensurateness noun

   Scrabble Points: 18

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