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Table of Contents -- Compensate POS
HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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Compensate

POS

Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive), Verb (intransitive)

HYPHEN

com=pen=sate

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb Compensate has 6 senses

compensate(v = verb.stative) correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up - adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"

is one way to balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize

Derived form noun compensation₃

Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

compensate(v = verb.possession) indemnify, recompense, repair - make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"

is one way to pay

Derived forms noun compensation₃, noun compensation₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

compensate(v = verb.stative) cover, overcompensate - make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for being a bad father"

is one way to compensate, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up

Derived form noun compensation₂

Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

compensate(v = verb.social) correct, redress, right - make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"

is one way to alter, change, modify

Derived forms noun compensation₃, noun compensation₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

compensate(v = verb.possession) make up, pay, pay off - do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"

is one way to settle

Derived forms noun compensation₃, noun compensation₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP

compensate(v = verb.possession) recompense, remunerate - make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated"

is one way to pay

Derived forms noun compensation₃, noun compensation₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Compensate, v. t. [L. compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop., to weigh several things with one another, to balance with one another, verb intens. fr. compendere. See Compendium.].

To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses. [1913 Webster]
To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for. [1913 Webster]
"The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day." [1913 Webster]

"The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries."

Syn. -- To recompense; remunerate; indemnify; reward; requite; counterbalance.

Compensate, v. i.

To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Compensate, v.
1 tr. (often foll. by for) recompense (a person) (compensated him for his loss).
2 intr. (usu. foll. by for a thing, to a person) make amends (compensated for the insult; will compensate to her in full).
3 tr. counterbalance.
4 tr. Mech. provide (a pendulum etc.) with extra or less weight etc. to neutralize the effects of temperature etc.
5 intr. Psychol. offset a disability or frustration by development in another direction.

Derivative

compensative adj. compensator n. compensatory adj.

Etymology

L compensare (as COM-, pensare frequent. of pendere pens- weigh)

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THESAURUS

Compensate

abrogate, accommodate, adjust, alternate, amend, annul, atone, atone for, balance, bandy, be quits with, better, cancel, change, commute, cooperate, coordinate, correct, counteract, counterbalance, counterchange, counterpoise, countervail, cover, do penance, emend, equalize, equate, even, even up, exchange, expiate, fee, fill up, fit, fix up, get back at, get even with, get satisfaction, give and take, give satisfaction, guerdon, improve, indemnify, integrate, interchange, invalidate, level, live down, logroll, make all square, make amends, make compensation, make good, make matters up, make reparation, make requital, make restitution, make retribution, make right, make up, make up for, negate, negative, neutralize, nullify, offset, outweigh, pay, pay back, pay by installments, pay damages, pay off, pay on, pay reparations, pay the forfeit, pay the penalty, permute, poise, prepay, propitiate, proportion, put right, put straight, put to rights, quit, reciprocate, recompense, recoup, rectify, redeem, redress, refund, reimburse, remedy, remit, remunerate, render, repair, repay, requite, respond, retaliate, return, return the compliment, reward, right, salary, satisfy, set off, set right, set straight, set to rights, set up, square, square it, square things, strike a balance, swap, switch, tender, trade, transpose

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Compensate

Compensation

VB make compensation, compensate, compense, indemnify, counteract, countervail, counterpoise, balance, outbalance, overbalance, counterbalance, set off, hedge, square, give and take, make up for, lee way, cover, fill up, neutralize, nullify, equalize, make good, redeem.

Restitution

VB return, restore, give back, carry back, bring back, render, render up, give up, let go, unclutch, disgorge, regorge, regurgitate, recoup, reimburse, compensate, indemnify, remit, rehabilitate, repair, reinvest, revest, reinstate, redeem, recover, take back again, revest, revert.

Reward

VB reward, recompense, repay, requite, remunerate, munerate, compensate, fee, pay one's footing, make amends, indemnify, atone, satisfy, acknowledge, get for one's pains, reap the fruits of, tip.

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