COMMENSURATE


Meaning of COMMENSURATE in English

/ kəˈmenʃərət; NAmE / adjective

commensurate (with sth) ( formal ) matching sth in size, importance, quality, etc. :

Salary will be commensurate with experience.

OPP incommensurate

►  com·men·sur·ate·ly adverb

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: from late Latin commensuratus , from com- together + mensuratus , past participle of mensurare to measure.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.