| VERB | stative | compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up | adjust for |
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| possession | compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify | make amends for | |
| stative | compensate, cover, overcompensate | make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities | |
| social | compensate, right, redress, correct | make reparations or amends for | |
| possession | compensate, pay, pay off, make up | do or give something to somebody in return | |
| possession | compensate, recompense, remunerate | make payment to |
| Sounds | kaa'mpahnsey.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Adjust for. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up | |
| Narrower | carry | compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance |
| cover, compensate, overcompensate | make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities | |
| Broader | balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise | Bring into balance or equilibrium |
| See also | compensate | make reparations or amends for |
| Spanish | compensar, contrapesar, corregir | |
| Catalan | contrapesar | |
| Nouns | compensation | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury |
| Meaning | make amends for; pay compensation for. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Example | "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident" | |
| Synonyms | recompense, repair, indemnify | |
| Narrower | give | deliver in exchange or recompense |
| Broader | pay | Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services |
| Spanish | compensar, indemnisar, indemnizar, pagar, recompensar, reparar | |
| Catalan | compensar, indemnitzar | |
| Nouns | compensation | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury |
| compensation | something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) | |
| Meaning | make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | cover, overcompensate | |
| Broader | compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up | Adjust for |
| Similar to | cover, insure, underwrite | protect by insurance |
| Nouns | compensation | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors |
| Meaning | make reparations or amends for. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | right, redress, correct | |
| Narrower | expiate, aby, abye, atone | make amends for |
| over-correct, overcompensate | make excessive corrections for fear of making an error | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| See also | compensate | adjust for |
| Opposite | wrong | treat unjustly |
| Spanish | compensar, corregir, desagraviar, enmendar | |
| Catalan | compensar, corregir, redreçar | |
| Nouns | compensation | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury |
| compensation | something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) | |
| Meaning | Do or give something to somebody in return. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Synonyms | pay, pay off, make up | |
| Broader | settle | dispose of |
| Spanish | compensar, indemnizar, recompensar | |
| Catalan | compensar, indemnitzar | |
| Nouns | compensation | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury |
| compensation | something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) | |
| Meaning | make payment to; compensate. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | recompense, remunerate | |
| Narrower | recoup, reimburse | reimburse or compensate (someone) , as for a loss |
| Broader | pay | Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services |
| Spanish | compensar, recompensar, remunerar | |
| Catalan | compensar, recompensar, remunerar | |
| Nouns | compensation | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury |
| compensation | something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) | |
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