English verb: compensate | |||
1. | compensate (stative) adjust for | ||
Samples | Engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance. | ||
Synonyms | correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | carry, compensate, cover, overcompensate | ||
2. | compensate (possession) make amends for; pay compensation for | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | indemnify, recompense, repair | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pay | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | give | ||
3. | compensate (stative) make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities | ||
Samples | He is compensating for being a bad father. | ||
Synonyms | cover, overcompensate | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | compensate, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up | ||
Verb group | cover, insure, underwrite | ||
4. | compensate (social) make reparations or amends for | ||
Samples | Right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust. | ||
Synonyms | correct, redress, right | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | aby, abye, atone, expiate, over-correct, overcompensate | ||
Antonyms | wrong | ||
5. | compensate (possession) do or give something to somebody in return | ||
Samples | Does she pay you for the work you are doing?. | ||
Synonyms | make up, pay, pay off | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | settle | ||
6. | compensate (possession) make payment to; compensate | ||
Samples | My efforts were not remunerated. | ||
Synonyms | recompense, remunerate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pay | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | recoup, reimburse | ||