Dictionary entry details
• COMPENSATE (verb)
Meaning:
Adjust for
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
even up; even out; even off; counterbalance; compensate; correct; make up
Context example:
engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
Hypernyms (to "compensate" is one way to...):
balance; equilibrate; equilibrise; equilibrize (bring into balance or equilibrium)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "compensate"):
carry (compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance)
compensate; cover; overcompensate (make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make amends for; pay compensation for
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
recompense; repair; indemnify; compensate
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "compensate" is one way to...):
pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "compensate"):
give (deliver in exchange or recompense)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
overcompensate; compensate; cover
Context example:
he is compensating for being a bad father
Hypernyms (to "compensate" is one way to...):
compensate; correct; counterbalance; even off; even out; even up; make up (adjust for)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make reparations or amends for
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
right; redress; correct; compensate
Context example:
right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
Hypernyms (to "compensate" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "compensate"):
over-correct; overcompensate (make excessive corrections for fear of making an error)
aby; abye; atone; expiate (make amends for)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Also:
compensate (adjust for)
Meaning:
Do or give something to somebody in return
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
make up; pay; pay off; compensate
Context example:
Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
Hypernyms (to "compensate" is one way to...):
settle (dispose of; make a financial settlement)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Meaning:
Make payment to; compensate
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
remunerate; recompense; compensate
Context example:
My efforts were not remunerated
Hypernyms (to "compensate" is one way to...):
pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "compensate"):
recoup; reimburse (reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
