COMMENSURATE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for COMMENSURATE, such as:

1. Six yards is commensurate with eighteen feet.
2. Your reward will be commensurate with your effort.
3. The only conception that can explain the movement of the locomotive is that of a force commensurate with the movement observed.

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 Meanings and Examples of COMMENSURATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
commensurate
 a.  of the same size, extent, or duration as another
Classic Sentence:
1  The only conception that can explain the movement of the locomotive is that of a force commensurate with the movement observed.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 17: CHAPTER III
2  The only conception that can explain the movement of the peoples is that of some force commensurate with the whole movement of the peoples.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 17: CHAPTER III
3  And it occurs to no one that to admit a greatness not commensurable with the standard of right and wrong is merely to admit one's own nothingness and immeasurable meanness.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER XVIII
Example Sentence:
1  Your reward will be commensurate with your effort.
2  Six yards is commensurate with eighteen feet.