| VERB | stative | even off, compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even up | adjust for |
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| Meaning | Adjust for. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, 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 | even | make even / even / even / even / even or more even / even / even / even / even |
| Spanish | compensar, contrapesar, corregir | |
| Catalan | contrapesar | |
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