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compensate
verb
make payment to; compensate
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 10
- Starts with
- C
- Ends with
- E
- Contains
- OMPENSAT
- Scrabble score
- 16
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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verb
make payment to; compensate
“My efforts were not remunerated”
verb
make amends for; pay compensation for
“One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich”
verb
do or give something to somebody in return
“Does she pay you for the work you are doing?”
verb
make reparations or amends for
“right a wrong done to the victims of the Holocaust”
verb
adjust for
“engineers will work to correct the effects of air resistance”
verb
make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
“he is compensating for being a bad father”
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Example Sentences
My efforts were not remunerated
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
Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
right a wrong done to the victims of the Holocaust
engineers will work to correct the effects of air resistance
he is compensating for being a bad father
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