compensating
Meaning of compensating
- To do (something good) after (something bad) happens
- To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
It is hard work, but they will compensate you well for it.
- To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
His loud voice cannot compensate for a lack of personality.
- To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
I don't like driving that old car because it always steers a little to the left so I'm forever compensating for that when I drive it. Trust me, it gets annoying real fast.
Information about compensating
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of compensating
com-pen-sat-ing
- It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
- compensating is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
compensating synonyms
Meaning :
acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, guerdon, reimburse, accord, amend, appease, atone, equate, expiate, harmonize, indemnify, level, offset, reconcile, rectify, redeem, redress, remedy, remunerate, requite, resolve, restitute, restitution, square
Words that rhyme with compensating
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