compensate
UK/ˈkɒm.pən.seɪt//ˈkɑm.pənˌseɪt/
compensate verb: to do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
Verb
compensate (third-person singular simple present compensates, present participle compensating, simple past and past participle compensated)
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- guerdon
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- acclimatize
compensate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
compensate in Hindi
- क्षतिपूर्ति करना
compensate in Tamil
- ஈடுசெய்தல்
compensate in Marathi
- भरपाई देण्यासाठी
compensate in Urdu
- ڈنڈ بھرنا, معاوضہ دینا
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- compensate in Bengali
- ক্ষতিপূরণ দেওয়া
- compensate in Malayalam
- പകരം കൊടുക്കുക, പരിഹാരം ചെയ്യുക, നഷ്ടം നികത്തുക, നഷ്ടപരിഹാരം കൊടുക്കുക
- compensate in Kannada
- ಪರಿಹಾರ ನೀಡು, ನಷ್ಟತುಂಬು, ಸರಿದೂಗಿಸು, ಕಳೆತ ತುಂಬು
- compensate in Punjabi
- ਭਰਪਾਈ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- compensate in Gujarati
- વળતર આપવા
- compensate in Nepali
- क्षतिपूर्ति गर्ने
Examples of compensate in a sentence
- Corrective lenses compensate for the excessive positive diopters of the myopic eye.
- The salary package also included 30% shift loading to compensate for the long hours.
- The adaptive optical systems in modern astronomical telescopes compensate for atmospheric distortion by using deformable mirrors.
Synonyms of compensate
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Forms of compensate
| third-person singular present | compensates |
|---|---|
| present participle | compensating |
| past participle | compensated |
| past | compensated |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | compensatest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | compensatedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | compensateth |
Origin of compensate
Borrowed from Latin compēnsātus, perfect passive participle of compensō (“to weight together one thing against another, balance, make good”), -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more.
Words formed from compensate
Words that rhyme with compensate
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- mate
- late
- bate
- create
- date
- relate
- vibrate
- wait
- deflate
- fate
- migrate
- rebate
- rotate
- strait
- supererogate
- translocate
- await
- eight
- freight
- skate
- alternate
- collate
- debate
- inflate
- sedate
- update
- delate
- dilate
- fixate
- grate
- Haight
- hate
- implicate
- innate
- intercalate
- locate
- mandate
- negate
- overweight
- pinnate
- quadrate
- tate
- vacate
- aerate
- calibrate
- castrate
- conflate
- crate
Questions about compensate
- What does compensate mean?
- Compensate means to do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
- What is compensate in Hindi?
- Compensate in Hindi is क्षतिपूर्ति करना. See Compensate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is compensate?
- Compensate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce compensate?
- Compensate is pronounced /ˈkɒm.pən.seɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of compensate?
- The past tense of compensate is compensated.
Words near compensate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: compensate (page history and authors); compensate (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); compensate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); compensate (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); compensate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); compensate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); compensate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); compensate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); compensate (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); compensate (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); compensate (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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