"commensurate" meaning in English

See commensurate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kəˈmɛnʃəɹət/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kəˈmɛnsəɹət/ [General-American], /kəˈmɛnʃəɹət/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commensurate.wav Forms: more commensurate [comparative], most commensurate [superlative]
Etymology: From Late Latin commēnsūrātus, from com- (“together, with”) + mēnsūrātus, past participle of mēnsūrāre (“to measure, to estimate”), from Latin mēnsūra (“measure”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|commēnsūrātus}} Late Latin commēnsūrātus, {{pre|LL.|com-|mēnsūrātus|nocat=1|t1=together, with}} com- (“together, with”) + mēnsūrātus, {{der|en|la|mēnsūra||measure}} Latin mēnsūra (“measure”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} commensurate (comparative more commensurate, superlative most commensurate)
  1. Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard. Translations (proportionate; of a similar measurable standard): съизмерим (sǎizmerim) (Bulgarian), съразмерен (sǎrazmeren) (Bulgarian), vastaava (Finnish), verrannollinen (Finnish), yhteismitallinen (Finnish), commensurable (French), ausgewogen (German), angemessen (German), entsprechend (German), im Einklang stehend (German), ισόμετρος (isómetros) [masculine] (Greek), ανάλογος (análogos) [masculine] (Greek), de réir (Irish), ar cóimhéid (Irish), 比例した (hireishita) (alt: ひれいした) (Japanese), 비례(比例)하다 (biryehada) (Korean), samērojams (Latvian), сразмерен (srazmeren) (Macedonian), współmierny [masculine] (Polish), соразме́рный (sorazmérnyj) (Russian), соизмери́мый (soizmerímyj) (Russian), соотве́тственный (sootvétstvennyj) (Russian), сопостави́мый (sopostavímyj) (Russian), adecuado (Spanish), conmensurado (Spanish), proporcional (Spanish), kommensurabel (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-commensurate-en-adj-jZLgYRsR Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'proportionate; of a similar measurable standard': 93 7
  2. (physics) Describing a crystal in which every atom or molecule is placed in the same relative position Categories (topical): Physics
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: commensurately, commensurateness, uncommensurate

Verb

IPA: /kəˈmɛnʃəɹət/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kəˈmɛnsəɹət/ [General-American], /kəˈmɛnʃəɹət/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commensurate.wav Forms: commensurates [present, singular, third-person], commensurating [participle, present], commensurated [participle, past], commensurated [past]
Etymology: From Late Latin commēnsūrātus, from com- (“together, with”) + mēnsūrātus, past participle of mēnsūrāre (“to measure, to estimate”), from Latin mēnsūra (“measure”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|commēnsūrātus}} Late Latin commēnsūrātus, {{pre|LL.|com-|mēnsūrātus|nocat=1|t1=together, with}} com- (“together, with”) + mēnsūrātus, {{der|en|la|mēnsūra||measure}} Latin mēnsūra (“measure”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} commensurate (third-person singular simple present commensurates, present participle commensurating, simple past and past participle commensurated)
  1. To reduce to a common measure.
    Sense id: en-commensurate-en-verb-yDm8v-p1
  2. To proportionate; to adjust.
    Sense id: en-commensurate-en-verb-ZBgVFhWJ

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 54",
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          "ref": "2024 July 11, Theodore Schleifer, Jacob Bernstein, Reid J. Epstein, “How Biden Lost George Clooney and Hollywood”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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