commensurate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective corresponding in size or degree or extent
    • pay should be commensurate with the time worked

WordNet

Com*men"su*rate transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. com- + mensurate.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Commensurated; present participle & verbal noun Commensurating
Definitions
  1. To reduce to a common measure. Sir T. Browne.
  2. To proportionate; to adjust. T. Puller
Com*men"su*rate adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities.
  2. Equal in measure or extent; proportionate.
    Those who are persuaded that they shall continue forever, can not choose but aspire after a hapiness commensurate to their duration. Tillotson.

Webster 1913