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English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒmpənseɪt/
  • (US)
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-compensate.ogg


Verb

  1. To pay someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
  2. : It is hard work, but they will compensate you well for it.
  3. To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill.
  4. : He tries to use a loud voice to compensate for a lack of personality.


Derived terms


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Italian

Verb

compensate

  1. {{form of|second-person|Second-person plural present tense|compensare#Italian|compensare|lang=Italian}}
  2. {{form of|Second-person plural imperative|compensare#Italian|compensare|lang=Italian}}
  3. {{form of|feminine|Feminine plural|compensato}}


Category:Italian past participle forms Category:Italian verb forms

ar:compensate zh-min-nan:compensate et:compensate fr:compensate io:compensate it:compensate hu:compensate fi:compensate sv:compensate ta:compensate vi:compensate tr:compensate zh:compensate

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Compensate \Com"pen*sate\ (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Compensated; p. pr. & vb. n. Compensating.] [L.
compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop., to weigh several
things with one another, to balance with one another, verb
intens. fr. compendere. See Compendium.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]

2. To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance;
to make up for; to make amends for.
[1913 Webster]

The length of the night and the dews thereof do
compensate the heat of the day. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]

The pleasures of life do not compensate the
miseries. --Prior.

Syn: To recompense; remunerate; indemnify; reward; requite;
counterbalance.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Compensate \Com"pen*sate\, v. i.
To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for;
as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet compensate
v 1: adjust or make up for; "engineers will work to correct the
effects or air resistance" [syn: counterbalance, correct,
even out, even off, even up]
2: make amends for; pay compensation for; "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]
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]
4: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the
victims of the Holocaust" [syn: right, redress, correct]
[ant: wrong]
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}]
6: make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not
remunerated" [syn: recompense, remunerate]
Moby Dictionary
abrogate , accommodate , adjust , alternate , amend , annul , atone ,
atone for , balance , bandy , be quits with , better , cancel , change ,
commute , cooperate , coordinate , correct , counteract ,
counterbalance , counterchange , counterpoise , countervail , cover ,
do penance , emend , equalize , equate , even , even up , exchange ,
expiate , fee , fill up , fit , fix up , get back at , get even with ,
get satisfaction , give and take , give satisfaction , guerdon ,
improve , indemnify , integrate , interchange , invalidate , level ,
live down , logroll , make all square , make amends ,
make compensation , make good , make matters up , make reparation ,
make requital , make restitution , make retribution , make right ,
make up , make up for , negate , negative , neutralize , nullify ,
offset , outweigh , pay , pay back , pay by installments , pay damages ,
pay off , pay on , pay reparations , pay the forfeit , pay the penalty ,
permute , poise , prepay , propitiate , proportion , put right ,
put straight , put to rights , quit , reciprocate , recompense , recoup ,
rectify , redeem , redress , refund , reimburse , remedy , remit ,
remunerate , render , repair , repay , requite , respond , retaliate ,
return , return the compliment , reward , right , salary , satisfy ,
set off , set right , set straight , set to rights , set up , square ,
square it , square things , strike a balance , swap , switch , tender ,
trade , transpose


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