Definition of compensate Compensate

/kɑˈmpʌnsejˌt/ - [kampunseyt] - com•pen•sate

We found 15 definitions of compensate from 6 different sources.

What does compensate mean?

WordNet

Verb compensates, compensating, compensated
compensate - make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated"
		recompense, remunerate
		pay bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later"
		reimburse, recoup pay back for some expense incurred; "Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel?"
compensate - make amends for; pay compensation for; "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"
		recompense, repair, indemnify
		pay bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later"
		give proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister"
compensate - adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
		counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up
		equilibrise, equilibrize, equilibrate, balance bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium
		carry continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
		overcompensate, compensate, cover make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated"
compensate - make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
		right, redress, correct
		wrong treat unjustly; do wrong to
		modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
		even off, even up, counterbalance, even out, compensate, correct, make up make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated"
		over-correct, overcompensate make excessive corrections for fear of making an error
		aby, abye, expiate, atone make amends for; "expiate one's sins"
compensate - do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
		pay, pay off, make up
		settle take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
		pay back, pay off, fix, get take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
compensate - make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for being a bad father"
		cover, overcompensate
		underwrite, insure, cover guarantee financial support of; "The opera tour was subvented by a bank"
		even off, even up, counterbalance, even out, compensate, correct, make up make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated"

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Wiktionary

compensate (Verb)
To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
compensate (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.
compensate (Verb)
To adjust or adapt to a change; often a negative, harmful, or depriving or undesired one.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

compensate (v. t.)
To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.
compensate (v. t.)
To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for.
compensate (v. i.)
To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

compensate
To establish an equilibrium situation.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

compensate
kom′pen-sāt, or kom-pen′sāt, v.t. to reward suitably: to make amends for: to recompense: to counterbalance.—n. Compensā′tion, act of compensating: reward for service: amends for loss sustained: (phys.) the neutralisation of opposing forces.—adjs. Compen′sative, Compen′satory, giving compensation.—n. Com′pensātor, one who or that which compensates.—Compensation balance, pendulum, a balance-wheel or pendulum so constructed as to counteract the effect of the expansion and contraction of the metal under variation of temperature. [L. com, inten., and pensāre, freq. of pendĕre, to weigh.]