compensate
/ˈkɑm.pənˌseɪt/ verb B2- To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
- To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration. · It is hard work, but they will compensate you well for it.
- To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even. · His loud voice cannot compensate for a lack of personality.· To compensate me for his tree landing on my shed, my neighbor paved my driveway.
- To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation. · I hate that old car because it steers a little to the left and I'm always compensating for that when I drive it.· To compensate for his broken leg, Gary uses crutches.
Plural compensate · He/she/it compensates · Past compensated · Past participle compensated · -ing form compensating
Verb forms
- Base form
- compensate
- He/she/it
- compensates
- Past
- compensated
- Past participle
- compensated
- -ing form
- compensating
From the library
Marilla felt this and was vaguely troubled over it, realizing that the ups and downs of existence would probably bear hardly on this impulsive soul and not sufficiently understanding that the equally great capacity for delight might more than compensate.
“No, my dear Vampa,” replied the count; “besides, you compensate for your mistakes in so gentlemanly a way, that one almost feels obliged to you for having committed them.”
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