commensurate

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The Word of the Day for September 25 is:=20

commensurate   \kuh-MEN-suh-rut\   adjective
          1 : equal in measure or extent : coextensive=20
   *2 : corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate=
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Example sentence:
     =E2=80=9CSalary commensurate with experience,=E2=80=9D the job adve=
rtisement read.

Did you know?
          "Commensurate" is a word that really measures up. And no wonde=
r -- it's a descendant of the Latin noun "mensura," meaning "measure," f=
rom "mensus," past participle of "metiri" ("to measure"). In the first r=
ecorded use of =E2=80=9Ccommensurate,=E2=80=9D which comes from 1641, th=
e adjective was used as a synonym of =E2=80=9Ccoextensive.=E2=80=9D It d=
idn=E2=80=99t take long for =E2=80=9Ccommensurate=E2=80=9D to be used to=
 mean =E2=80=9Cproportionate=E2=80=9D as well. Henry James used this sen=
se in _The American_ when he wrote, =E2=80=9CThe stakes were high and th=
e risk was great; the prize therefore must have been commensurate.=E2=80=
=9D





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