Word Finder - compensate

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To do (something good) after (something bad) happens

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To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.

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It is hard work, but they will compensate you well for it.

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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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His loud voice cannot compensate for a lack of personality.

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To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.

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I don't like driving that old car because it always steers a little to the left so I'm forever compensating for that when I drive it. Trust me, it gets annoying real fast.

These advantages compensate for the greater first cost.

Water-power and petrol largely compensate for the lack of coal.

They might make you feel bad about yourself to compensate for how they feel inside.

He might thus compensate for his numerical inferiority by superior mobility and superior leadership.

A further saving of juice was sometimes possible if the market prices of sugar were such as to compensate for the cost of evaporating an increased quantity of added water, but a limit was imposed by the fact that water might be used in excess.

To compensate for this, the heart works harder, and blood pressure rises.

If you're just trying to add spice to your relationship or trying to compensate for something that's missing, there are probably better ways to meet your needs.

The occupational therapist suggests techniques and tools to compensate for the loss of strength and dexterity.

The king of Navarre, who defended this deed, had, however, many friends in France and was in communication with Edward III.; and consequently John was forced to make a treaty at Mantes and to compensate him for the loss of Angouleme by a large grant of lands, chiefly in Normandy.

The republican government offered to compensate him for the property he had held in Brazil as emperor, but this proposal was declined.

To compensate, the right side of the heart works harder, causing it to stretch and weaken.

If any of these information sources is disrupted, the brain may not be able to compensate.

Either an underdeveloped thymus begins to produce more T lymphocytes, or organ sites other than the thymus compensate by producing more T lymphocytes.

That's why most line dance nights start with lessons earlier in the evening - sometimes for a small fee to compensate the instructor, sometimes for free.

Even the best skill in the world cannot compensate for a curling iron with uneven heating or a shampoo that weighs hair down.

For girls, with two X-chromosomes, the odds are that the "normal" X chromosome will compensate for the "fragile" one.

Strengthening other muscle groups to compensate for weakness may be possible if the affected muscles are few and isolated, as in the earlier stages of the milder muscular dystrophies.

In addition, foods high in vitamin A, riboflavin, and vitamin B 12 should be included in the daily diet to compensate for the nutrients normally found in cow's milk.

Eventually the body tries to compensate for the iron deficiency by producing more red blood cells, which are characteristically small in size (spherocytosis).

The infusions are given approximately once a month for life to compensate for the patients' inability to make these proteins.

Parents can prevent dehydration in infants and children who are vomiting or who have diarrhea by increasing fluids to compensate for losses.

To compensate for this, the person may be asked to perform some muscle contraction, such as clenching teeth or grasping and pulling the two hands apart.

Neural prostheses are used to compensate for lost function resulting from SCI.

There are definitely things that can be done to compensate for these factors, like homeschool groups that allow many homeschooled children to interact.

Some camps allow nurses to bring their children to camp free, and many camps compensate their nursing staff by covering all travel expenses to and from the camp.

In the event that the borrower defaults on their mortgage payments, the FHA will compensate the mortgage company.

In some cases, donors are necessary to compensate for deficiencies in the sperm or eggs.

For others, taking a little bit of a vitamin more easily absorbed makes more sense than taking fistfuls of vitamin pills to compensate.

These "balanced" formulas may be heavily processed and the vitamin and mineral content boasted on the nutrition labels largely rely on artificially inserted nutrients that compensate for the high amounts of processing.

Chances are, the emotional nature of this water sign will very quickly become tiring to an air sign, unless this breezy one's chart has several water signs to compensate.

Many Virgos have a strong sense of insecurity, and compensate for this fear by doing the most meticulous job possible.

You can compensate for floor deficiencies by carrying baby powder for very sticky floors and stick-on pads or a wire brush for slippery floors.

It is known to compensate for a woman's "Q Angle," or the angle between the hip and the knee.

Outsourcing and temps will remain the norm as companies struggle to stay competitive and deal with bloated benefit programs not designed to compensate for longer-lived American workers.

The candidate who has acknowledged areas where they can improve and taken steps to overcome them or developed strategies to compensate for them is someone that is worth considering as an employee.

Instead, serve fruit for dessert following that night's supper, and explain that when we have a special treat, it's important to compensate with healthier choices the rest of the day.

Sugar and sodium are often significantly increased in low fat foods as a way to compensate for the lowered fat content.

Improved balance as muscles compensate for different motions more effectively.

If you start your day off with a cup of coffee, you'll need to compensate with extra water.

It may also compensate the accident victims for lost wages.

Although the wait for a table can be long, the great atmosphere, friendly service and one-of-a-kind pizzas more than compensate.

These advantages compensate for the wear and tear and the cost of moving the heavy dead-weight.

Today, as if to compensate for the Cultural Revolution's wanton destruction, refurbishment is almost complete.

I will not have a physical disfigurement or speech impediment to compensate for my lack of dramatic presence.

I have never been taught any specific ways to compensate my left handedness.

With strict liability, the person carrying out the activity, the producer and/or farmer would have to compensate for all damage.

Newcomers to the asbestos issue will recall how the company reneged on a court-approved agreement to compensate South African asbestos claimants.

It is of great importance to understand that there is money in the EU budget to compensate fishermen for enforced tie-ups.

To achieve this, negative feedback is applied to the optical tweezer to compensate for bead movements measured by the position detector.

A just administration, too, did not compensate for unjust laws or produce contentment; the policy of conversion and colonization was unsuccessful, the descendants of many of Cromwell's soldiers becoming merged in the Roman Catholic Irish, and the union with England, political and commercial, being extinguished at the Restoration.