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compensate


verb
1. adjust for (Freq. 5)
- engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
Syn:
counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up
Derivationally related forms:
corrective (for: correct), counterbalance (for: counterbalance), compensation
Hypernyms:
balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise
Hyponyms:
carry, cover, overcompensate
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. make amends for;
pay compensation for (Freq. 1)
- 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
Syn:
recompense, repair, indemnify
Derivationally related forms:
indemnification (for: indemnify), indemnity (for: indemnify), reparation (for: repair), compensation
Hypernyms:
pay
Hyponyms:
give
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
3. make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- he is compensating for being a bad father
Syn:
cover, overcompensate
Derivationally related forms:
overcompensation (for: overcompensate), compensation
Hypernyms:
counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up
Verb Group:
cover, insure, underwrite
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
4. make reparations or amends for
- right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
Syn:
right, redress, correct
Ant:
wrong (for: right)
Derivationally related forms:
redress (for: redress), compensation, right (for: right)
Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
Hyponyms:
over-correct, overcompensate, expiate, aby, abye, atone
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
5. do or give something to somebody in return
- Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
Syn:
pay, pay off, make up
See Also:
pay back (for: pay), pay off (for: pay)
Derivationally related forms:
compensation, pay (for: pay), payee (for: pay), payer (for: pay)
Hypernyms:
settle
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
6. make payment to;
compensate
- My efforts were not remunerated
Syn:
recompense, remunerate
Derivationally related forms:
remunerative (for: remunerate), remuneration (for: remunerate), remunerator (for: remunerate), recompense (for: recompense), compensation
Hypernyms:
pay
Hyponyms:
recoup, reimburse
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody

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