Compensate
/ˈkɒm.pən.seɪt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
verbTo pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
Sentence Examples
You must compensate him for the money he lost.
Money cannot compensate for life.
Nothing can compensate for the loss of a loved one.
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The company must ____ workers for injuries suffered on the job.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day."
— 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
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The company must ____ workers for injuries suffered on the job.