compensate
English
/ˈkɒm.pən.seɪt/, /ˈkɑm.pənˌseɪt/
verb
Definitions
- To do (something good) after (something bad) happens
- To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
- (ambitransitive) 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.
- To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin compensatus.
Origin
Latin
compensatus
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- compensatable English
- compensatest English
- compensateth English
- compensator English
- compensatorily English
- compensatory English
- decompensate English
- decompensatory English
- hypercompensatory English
- malcompensate English
- miscompensate English
- noncompensatory English
- overcompensate English
- overcompensatory English
- precompensate English
- recompensate English
- undercompensate English
- undercompensatory English
- compensatus Latin
- compensatoire French