Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with compensate in American Collocation
compensate
verb
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈkɑmpənˌseɪt/
completely
amply
fully
The weather was awful, but this was more than fully compensated for by the main event.
more than completely
more than
The tiring day was more than compensated for by the fantastic scenery and sunset.
enough
adequately
effectively
sufficiently
Sometimes the body cannot compensate adequately.
partly
hardly
partially
partly
You get a large bedroom, which partly compensates for the lack of storage space.
automatically
automatically
This system automatically compensates for any change in water pressure.
low quality or quantity
absence
deficiency
disadvantage
inadequacy
lack
loss
shortcomings
shortfall
weakness
Quality often compensates for the lack of quantity.
difference
change
difference
distortion
variation
The machine compensates automatically for the variation in loading position.
fact
fact
This is to compensate for the fact that there is only one sitting of the examination.