compensate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɒmpənseɪt/
• (US) SAMPA: /"kAmp@nseIt/

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• Hyphenation: com‧pen‧sate

Verb

Plain form compensate

Third-person singular compensates

Past tense compensated

Past participle compensated

Present participle compensating

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you compensate somebody, you give them something because they have lost something or done something for you.

Related words

• compensation