commensurately

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com·men·su·rate

(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).]

com·men′su·rate·ly adv.

com·men′su·ra′tion n.

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Translations

commensurately

[kəˈmɛnsərɪtli] adv

[high, modest] → proportionnellement; [increase, grow, fall] → proportionnellement

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

commensurately

adv → entsprechend, angemessen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

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