How do you use Compensate in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like correct or balance, plus the exact meaning.
Compensate in a sentence
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Compensate meaning
- To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
- To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
- 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.
Example sentences (20)
After hearing of her win, several of her victims' families have called for her to compensate them for their losses.
Start-ups and innovative companies need to be even more adaptive and flexible to compensate for lack of resources.
LNG is to compensate for lost Russian gas supplies, with four new terminals set to come online in Germany alone.
This cast, while also smaller, is limber and versatile enough to compensate for any shrinkage in “Aladdin’s” footprint.
Eventually, a $13.5 billion settlement trust was negotiated to compensate victims of the California wildfires.
He appealed to whoever stole from Mayorkun to return the item and he would personally compensate the person.
He used the money paid by the state to compensate for his condemned home to design and build his dream home.
The DFA program will compensate up to 80 per cent of eligible expenses incurred by residents and businesses.
Gayle's potential arrival would help compensate for the huge loss of Collins who has suffered ligament damage to his knee.
Crucially, the organisation has not had to increase its headcount to compensate for the reduction in hours.
The only way to compensate is to rely on technologies in the case of which physical location is irrelevant.
However, sometimes the law says that the airline is responsible for the delay and they must compensate you.
MacAnthony understands the motivation, but he has put forward ideas that would compensate clubs like Posh.
The issue has been on for years but MultiChoice has reportedly not come up with a plan to compensate them.
To compensate, airlines including Capital A’s four airlines began hiking airfares from March 2022 onwards.
Outside of Marchand, very few Bruins provided an emotional response to compensate for Bergeron’s absence.
When you can’t seem to come up with solutions, those around you will compensate as they share their thoughts and suggestions.
For Russia, Bakhmut is a theoretical opportunity to declare victory, to "compensate" for military setbacks suffered last year.
Those who did not get the SOL questionnaire urged the university to compensate them or allow a re-exam.
It comes as a parliamentary vote on a multi-million pound fund to compensate islanders hit by disruption was blocked by the SNP.
Common combinations with compensate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to compensate 130×
- compensate for 87×
- compensate the 22×
- and compensate 8×
- would compensate 8×
- compensate them 7×
- will compensate 6×
- can compensate 6×
- compensate victims 5×
- compensate with 3×
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The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word compensate. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.