COMPENSATES - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Verb
make payment to
Example: compensate; My efforts were not remunerated
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Verb
make amends for
Example: 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
Meaning 3
Part of speech: Verb
do or give something to somebody in return
Example: Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
Meaning 4
Part of speech: Verb
make reparations or amends for
Example: right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
Meaning 5
Part of speech: Verb
adjust for
Example: engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
Meaning 6
Part of speech: Verb
make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
Example: he is compensating for being a bad father