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precompensate

precompensate verb: to compensate in advance.

Verb

precompensate (third-person singular simple present precompensates, present participle precompensating, simple past and past participle precompensated)

  1. To compensate in advance.

Forms of precompensate

third-person singular presentprecompensates
present participleprecompensating
past participleprecompensated
pastprecompensated

Origin of precompensate

From pre- + compensate.

Questions about precompensate

What does precompensate mean?
Precompensate means to compensate in advance.
What part of speech is precompensate?
Precompensate is a verb.
What is the past tense of precompensate?
The past tense of precompensate is precompensated.

Words near precompensate in the dictionary

  1. precompacting
  2. precompaction
  3. precompactions
  4. precompactness
  5. precompacts
  6. precompensate
  7. precompensated
  8. precompensates
  9. precompensating
  10. precompensation
  11. precompetence

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