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Meaning of 'compensate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Compensate [ v. i.]
- To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.
2 . Compensate [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for.

Meaning of 'compensate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . compensate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- do or give something to somebody in return
Example in sentence:
  • Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
Meaning (2):
- adjust for
Example in sentence:
  • engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
Meaning (3):
- make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
Example in sentence:
  • he is compensating for being a bad father
Meaning (4):
- make payment to; compensate
Example in sentence:
  • My efforts were not remunerated
Meaning (5):
- make amends for; pay compensation for
Example in sentence:
  • 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
Meaning (6):
- make reparations or amends for
Example in sentence:
  • right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust

Nearby Words:

com- coma comanches comart comate comatose comatous comatula comatulid comb

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