compensate
Meaning of compensate
- 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 adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
I don't like driving that old car because it always steers a little to the left so I'm forever compensating for that when I drive it. Trust me, it gets annoying real fast.
Information about compensate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of compensate is: compensates.
- Languages in which compensate is used:
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Hyphenation of compensate
com-pen-sate
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- compensate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
compensate synonyms
Meaning counterbalance:
Meaning recompense:
recompense, repair, indemnify, remunerate
Meaning cover:
Meaning right:
Meaning pay:
Meaning :
acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, guerdon, reimburse, accord, amend, appease, atone, equate, expiate, harmonize, level, offset, reconcile, rectify, redeem, remedy, requite, resolve, restitute, restitution, square
Translation of compensate
- Italian: compensare
- German: ausgleichen
- Spanish: compensar, equilibrar
- French: compenser
- Portuguese: compensar
Words that rhyme with compensate
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