Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to compensate
Participle: compensated
Gerund: compensating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | compensate |
| you | compensate |
| he;she;it | compensates |
| we | compensate |
| you | compensate |
| they | compensate |
Perfect
| I | have compensated |
| you | have compensated |
| he;she;it | has compensated |
| we | have compensated |
| you | have compensated |
| they | have compensated |
Past
| I | compensated |
| you | compensated |
| he;she;it | compensated |
| we | compensated |
| you | compensated |
| they | compensated |
Pluperfect
| I | had compensated |
| you | had compensated |
| he;she;it | had compensated |
| we | had compensated |
| you | had compensated |
| they | had compensated |
Future
| I | will compensate |
| you | will compensate |
| he;she;it | will compensate |
| we | will compensate |
| you | will compensate |
| they | will compensate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have compensated |
| you | will have compensated |
| he;she;it | will have compensated |
| we | will have compensated |
| you | will have compensated |
| they | will have compensated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | compensate |
| you | compensate |
| he;she;it | compensate |
| we | compensate |
| you | compensate |
| they | compensate |
Perfect
| I | have compensated |
| you | have compensated |
| he;she;it | have compensated |
| we | have compensated |
| you | have compensated |
| they | have compensated |
Imperfect
| I | compensated |
| you | compensated |
| he;she;it | compensated |
| we | compensated |
| you | compensated |
| they | compensated |
Pluperfect
| I | had compensated |
| you | had compensated |
| he;she;it | had compensated |
| we | had compensated |
| you | had compensated |
| they | had compensated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would compensate |
| you | would compensate |
| he;she;it | would compensate |
| we | would compensate |
| you | would compensate |
| they | would compensate |
Perfect
| I | would have compensated |
| you | would have compensated |
| he;she;it | would have compensated |
| we | would have compensated |
| you | would have compensated |
| they | would have compensated |
Imperative
| you | compensate |
| we | Let's compensate |
| you | compensate |
Verbs conjugated like 'compensate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'compensate'
commentate,
compendiate,
compense,
condensate,
decompensate,
recompensate,
commensurate,
comminate,
compenetrate,
compesce,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to pay
- reimburse
- to adjust to a change
- accustom
- to make up for
- atone, offset
- to do (something good) after (something bad) happens
- compense, dispense, indemnify, make good, make up, recompense, redress, restore
- to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration
- guerdon, imburse, recompense, reimburse, reprise
- to make familiar by use; to adjust or adapt to a change
- accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, habituate, inure, season, wont
- pay
- requite, indemnify, recompense, redress, reimburse, remunerate, reward
Antonyms
- pay
- cheat, defraud, default, fine
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1646, from L.
compensatus, pp. of
compensare "to weigh one thing (against another)," thus, "to counterbalance," from
com- "with" +
pensare freq. of
pendere "to weigh" (see pendant).
Compensation "salary or wages" first recorded 1787; meaning "amends for loss or damages" is from 1804.
2. Borrowed from Latin compēnsātus, perfect passive participle of compensō (“to weight together one thing against another, balance, make good”), -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more.
Verbs referencing "compensate"
Finnish with old forms
kompensoida, Polish
kompensować.
Sample Sentences
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It is hard work, but they will compensate you well for it.
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His loud voice cannot compensate for a lack of personality.
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To compensate me for his tree landing on my shed, my neighbor paved my driveway.
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The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day. [1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:]
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, Preface
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The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries.
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I hate that old car because it steers a little to the left and I'm always compensating for that when I drive it.
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To compensate for his broken leg, Gary uses crutches.