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Today's Word "commensurate"

Equal in measure on

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commensurate \kuh-MEN(T)S-uhr-it; -shuhr-\ (adjective) - 1 : Equal in measure, extent, or duration. 2 : Corresponding in size or degree or extent; proportionate. 3 : Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities.

"You have a rank commensurate with your achievements... but you will have duties commensurate with your training." -- Orson Scott Card, 'Ender in Exile'

 

Commensurate is from Late Latin commensuratus, from Latin com-, "with, together" + Late Latin mensuratus, past participle of mensurare, "to measure," from Latin mensura, "measure."


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