commensurate

(kə-mĕn'sər-ĭt, -shər-)
adj.

1. Of the same size, extent, or duration as another.
2. Corresponding in size or degree; proportionate: a salary commensurate with my performance.
3. Measurable by a common standard; commensurable.

[Late Latin commēnsūrātus : Latin com-, com- + mēnsūrātus (from past participle of mēnsūrāre, to measure , from Latin mēnsūra, measure; see measure).]

commensurately com·men'su·rate·ly adv.
commensuration com·men'su·ra'tion n.

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adjective

Properly or correspondingly related in size, amount, or scale: commensurable, proportional, proportionate. Idioms: in proportion. See big/small/amount.

adj

Definition: adequate, corresponding
Antonyms: inadequate, inappropriate, incommensurate, unacceptable, unfitting

IN BRIEF: Equal; properly proportioned.

Sam's salary was commensurate with his experience.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sammenlignelig med, svarende til

Nederlands (Dutch)
gelijk, evenredig

Français (French)
adj. - (Math) commensurable, proportionné

Deutsch (German)
adj. - entsprechend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ισόμετρος, ισομεγέθης, σύμμετρος, ανάλογος, αντίστοιχος

Italiano (Italian)
commisurato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - comensurado, coincidente, proporcionado

Русский (Russian)
соизмеримый, пропорциональный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - proporcionado, correspondiente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sammanfallande, proportionerlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
同量的, 同延的, 同大的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 同量的, 同延的, 同大的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 같은 양의, 알맞은, 공통된 단위를 가진

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 同一基準の, 釣り合った, 比例した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متناسب مع, متكافء مع, على قدر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮הולם, תואם, שווה, פרופורציונלי‬

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