How to use compensate in a sentence

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• Corrective lenses compensate for the excessive positive diopters of the myopic eye.From the entry myopic
• The salary package also included 30% shift loading to compensate for the long hours.From the entry loading
• The adaptive optical systems in modern astronomical telescopes compensate for atmospheric distortion by using deformable mirrors.From the entry deformable
• This knife's large finger choil helps compensate for the short handle.From the entry choil
• We all have a blind spot in our vision, but our brains usually compensate for it, such that we usually don't consciously notice it.From the entry blind spot
• The free EV charging compensated the extra drive to the store.2022 November 5, Andrew Smart, “Tesco anger electric car users after introducing EV fees to UK stores”, in gazette and herald.co.uk…. From the entry Mozzers
• Initially, surviving neurones compensate for this by producing axon branches to renervate denervated muscle fibres.2012, William J. MacLennan, Norman R. Peden, Metabolic and Endocrine Problems in the Elderly. From the entry renervate
• He’s compensating you for an injury, not for purchasing your spattered unwearables.2009 January 25, Randy Cohen, “Truth in Suspension”, in New York Times. From the entry unwearable
• They compensate by shaking homemade noisemakers: plastic milkjugs filled with coins or dried beans.2007, Neal Thompson, Hurricane Season: A Coach, His Team, and Their Triumph in the Time of Katrina, New York, N.Y.: Free Press, →ISBN. From the entry milkjug
• 'A strong, no-nonsense sort of name', his editor said, 'to compensate'.2006, Kate Atkinson, One Good Turn, Black Swan, published 2007, →ISBN, page 81. From the entry Alex
• Design the form to allow for overbend (20 to 30%), to compensate for springback.2002, Lon Schleining, The Complete Manual of Wood Bending, page 25. From the entry overbend
• The compensating factor, of course, is the unusually sandy, quartzose parent material which podzolizes with great ease.1998, Richard T. T. Forman, Pine Barrens: ecosystem and landscape, page 66. From the entry podzolize
• It was often set high enough to more than compensate moneyholders for their inflationary losses .1996, Linda McQuaig, Shooting the Hippo: Death by Deficit and Other Canadian Myths. From the entry moneyholder
• In doing the metering from the rhody leaves you will compensate for the overbrightness of the sky.1994, American Rhododendron Society Journal, page 67. From the entry rhody
• The singler could be provided with means for compensating for an irregular braird.1968, Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, page 5. From the entry singler
• Experts say Kyiv is scrambling to build what some call a drone wall designed to compensate for Russia's advantage in manpower.2025 May 30, CNN Newsroom, spoken by Ben Hunte, via CNN. From the entry drone wall
• It is incorrect to assume that increasing the drag on the horizontal motion of the tonearm will compensate for skating.2015, Glen Ballou, Handbook for Sound Engineers. From the entry antiskating
• To compensate, my hand wove a defensive echelon, drawing proto-matter from the vcast generator to create a floating shield.2015, Eric Dallaire, Shades: The Gehenna Dilemma, →ISBN. From the entry proto-matter
• Physiological currents include abnerval current, action current, axial current, centrifugal current, centripetal current, compensating current, demarcation current and electrotonic current.2014, Peter Harris, Sue Nagy, Nicholas Vardaxis, Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, 3rd edition. From the entry abnerval
• Red blood cells with or without cryosupernatant plasma depending on volume need were given to compensate for bloodloss.2012, P. Fondu, O. Thijs, Haemostatic Failure in Liver Disease, →ISBN, page 122. From the entry bloodloss
• What I lacked in suavitude, I compensated for with application.2012, Donald Greig, Time Will Tell, Thames River Press, →ISBN, page 58. From the entry suavitude
• In a groundbreaking move, the Pentagon is compensating servicemen seriously hurt when an American tank convoy forced them off the road.2007 November 4, The Guardian. From the entry force
• Most likely, they think it also helps compensate for the longer hours, unpaid overtime and stagnant wages that have become standard.2004, George Carlin, “EUPHEMISMS: What Do You Do for a Living?”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books…. From the entry self-esteem
• Functional and economical thinking is too limited and the shallow 'funnification' of our culture that compensates for this even more so.2002, Renny Ramakers, Less + More: Droog Design in Context, page 219. From the entry funnification
• Many stove owners compensate by underfiring the stove, which causes poor performance, increased emissions and potential chimney fires by creosote buildup.1999 June, “Homes & the Canadian Experience”, in Alexandra R. McKirdy, editor, The Canadian Renewable Energy Guide, 2nd edition…. From the entry underfire
• Also present are extracrystalline cations compensating for fixed anionic lattice sites at the extracrystalline surface of the zeolite.1994, M. Stöcker, H.G. Karge, J.C. Jansen, Advanced Zeolite Science and Applications, page 550. From the entry extracrystalline
• This he tries to compensate through various means.1984, D. N. Gautam, What is wrong with Indian police?, page 225. From the entry contemptive
• By adjusting their position on the boards, the crew can compensate for subtle changes in wind and course.1984 July 2, The Star-Democrat, Easton, Maryland, page 27. From the entry boardsman
• Hearing loss, common in atheroid cerebral palsy, may profoundly affect speech and communication if not recognised early and compensated for.1983, Edward M. Brett, Paediatric Neurology, page 247. From the entry atheroid
• The debt is fictional, the families’ lawyers said in Thursday’s filing, and “a centerpiece of Jones’s plan to avoid compensating the Sandy Hook families.”2022 August 25, Elizabeth Williamson, “Alex Jones Accused of Hiding Assets From Sandy Hook Families”, in The New York Times, →ISSN…. From the entry centerpiece
• As channel conditions change, such as the fade varying during a rain and nonrainy period, the modcod adjusts accordingly to beome just adequate to compensate.2017, Rajat Acharya, Satellite Signal Propagation, Impairments and Mitigation, page 297. From the entry nonrainy
• I actually prefer the natural, but if you use it, be sure to increase the baking soda to compensate for the additional acid.2011, boulangere (user name), “Is Hersheys Special Dark "A blend of Natural and Dutched Cocoas" The same as "Dutch Processed Cocoa…. From the entry dutch
• Professor Kano analyzed these two ryu carefully, identifying their strong points and compensating in areas where they were lacking by studying other jujutsu schools.2009, David Monteverde, Judo: A Samurai Legacy, Lulu Publishing, →ISBN, page 25. From the entry ryu
• The baskets were slightly over-filled to compensate for settling in transit, so the lidder had to be careful to not damage the peaches.2009, Floyd Allred, Challenges Met and Some Memories, →ISBN, page 54. From the entry lidder
• There is no suggestion that the defendant has necessarily acted wrongfully, nor that he should be compensated for the total amount of his loss.2007, Andrew Burrows, Ewan McKendrick, James Edelman, editors, Cases and Materials on the Law of Restitution, second edition, Oxford…. From the entry disgorgeable

Meaning of compensate

1. verb To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
2. verb To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
3. verb 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.

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Questions about compensate in a sentence

How do you use compensate in a sentence?

Compensate is used as a verb. For example: “It is hard work, but they will compensate you well for it.”

What is a short sentence with compensate?

“This he tries to compensate through various means.”

What does compensate mean?

Compensate means to do (something good) after (something bad) happens.