compensates
- 1Third-person singular present of compensate.
The relief fund compensates families who lost their homes in the flood.
His solid defense compensates for a comparatively weak offense.
Note
Its construction decides its meaning. With a direct object it usually names who is paid or rewarded: the fund compensates families. Followed by for, it names the shortfall being made up: strength compensates for weakness. With neither, it means adjusting to a loss or change, as when a body compensates after injury. The patterns combine freely: an insurer compensates owners for damage.
compensates is a form of compensate
compensate, verb: To give someone money or another reward in return for their work or for something else they have provided. Full entry
- Forms
- compensatecompensates he/she/itcompensating -ing formcompensated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- compensate → compensates: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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