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Common collocations with compensate in American Collocation

compensate verb

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.