commeasure

com·meas·ure
C3O1M3M3E1A1S1U1R1E1
UK/kəˈmɛʒə/US/kəˈmɛʒəɹ/

verb

To be commensurate with; to equal.

Scrabble 16
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbcommeasure (third-person singular simple present commeasures, present participle commeasuring, simple past and past participle commeasured)

present singular third person commeasures · participle present commeasuring · participle past commeasured · past commeasured

  1. transitiveTo be commensurate with; to equal.

    Dangers, and deeds, until endurance grow / Sinew'd with action and the full-grown will, / Circled thro' all experiences, pure law, / Commeasure perfect freedom.

    1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Œnone”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 126
nouncommeasure (plural commeasures)

plural commeasures

    Origin

    From com- + measure.

    Full word history & related roots →

    Rhymes & wordplay

    Rhymes with commeasure

    measureleisurepleasuretreasuredispleasurecountermeasureathleisure
    All rhymes →
    Cite this entry
    APA

    commeasure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commeasure

    MLA

    “commeasure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commeasure. Accessed November 3, 2026.

    Chicago

    WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “commeasure,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commeasure.

    Source: commeasure on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.