Definitions & Examples
verb
Sense 1
"My efforts were not remunerated"
Type of:
pay
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 2
"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"
Type of:
pay
Kinds of:
give
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
verb
Sense 3
"engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 4
"right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
Opposites:
wrong
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 5
"he is compensating for being a bad father"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
72%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
63
Times Searched
2
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