word-vault/dist/data/cards/co/compensate.json

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{
    "term": "compensate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "compensate",
            "heSheIt": "compensates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "compensated",
        "pastParticiple": "compensated",
        "ingForm": "compensating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to provide something good to balance or reduce the bad effects of damage, loss, etc.",
            "sensetop": "compensate (for something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Nothing can compensate for the loss of a loved one."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His voice doesn't have much range but he compensates with clever lyrics."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The advantages of the plan more than compensate for the risks associated with it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "State-of-the-art appliances may be expensive, but to compensate they will be more energy-efficient and last longer."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["amply", "fully", "more than"],
                "preposition": ["for", "with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to act in order to balance or correct something wrong or not normal",
            "sensetop": "compensate (for something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In the second experiment, the temperature was raised to compensate for this bias."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to pay somebody money because they have suffered some damage, loss, injury, etc.",
            "sensetop": "compensate somebody (for something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her lawyers say she should be compensated for the suffering she had been caused."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rail company offered to compensate passengers for any inconvenience caused."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a fund to compensate victims of abuse"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company will compensate you for the losses you have suffered."
                },
                {
                    "text": "People whose health has suffered will be compensated in full."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I expect to be compensated financially."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["adequately", "fairly", "properly"],
                "preposition": ["for"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɒmpenseɪt/",
                "audio": "co/compensate/compensate__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɒmpenseɪts/",
                "audio": "co/compensate/compensates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɒmpenseɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "co/compensate/compensated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɒmpenseɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "co/compensate/compensating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːmpenseɪt/",
                "audio": "co/compensate/compensate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːmpenseɪts/",
                "audio": "co/compensate/compensates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːmpenseɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "co/compensate/compensated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːmpenseɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "co/compensate/compensating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘counterbalance’): from Latin compensat- ‘weighed against’, from the verb compensare, from com- ‘together’ + pensare (frequentative of pendere ‘weigh’)."
}