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English to English verb
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adjust for |  | Example: engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
source: wordnet30
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make amends for; pay compensation for | | Example: One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich
She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident
source: wordnet30
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make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities | | Example: he is compensating for being a bad father
source: wordnet30
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make reparations or amends for | | Example: right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
source: wordnet30
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do or give something to somebody in return | | Example: Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
source: wordnet30
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make payment to; compensate | | Example: My efforts were not remunerated
source: wordnet30
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To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses. | | source: webster1913
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To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation. | | source: webster1913
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