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compensate
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compensate as in:  she compensates with extra effort

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She uses several techniques to help compensate for her dyslexia.
compensate = make up
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    She's not as quick, but she more than compensates with extra effort.
    compensates = makes up for it
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    The pay isn't great, but the job offers other compensations.
    compensations = benefits (in this case, things that make up for the low pay)
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    Yeah, people keep saying my other senses will improve to compensate, but CLEARLY NOT YET.  (source)
    compensate = make up for something missing
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    You are all trying to compensate, to get your bodies lower because the height scares you.  (source)
    compensate = adjust (to make up for something)
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    …Phineas in exaltation, balancing on one foot on the prow of a canoe like a river god, his raised arms invoking the air to support him, face transfigured, body a complex set of balances and compensations, each muscle aligned in perfection with all the others to maintain this supreme fantasy of achievement, his skin glowing from immersions, his whole body hanging between river and sky as though he had transcended gravity and might by gently pushing upward with his foot glide a little way higher and remain suspended in space, encompassing all the glory of the summer and offering it to the sky.  (source)
    compensations = adjustments to make up for other things
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
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    The government also agreed to pay compensation to the families of victims.  (source)
    compensation = something that make amends for something else
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    They had had a hard year, and after the sale of part of the hay and corn, the stores of food for the winter were none too plentiful, but the windmill compensated for everything.  (source)
    compensated = made up for
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    He acts so tough that he's probably afraid of marshmallows and really bright sunrises or something. Overcompensating.  (source)
    Overcompensating = excessively trying to make up for a shortcoming
    standard prefix: The prefix "over-" in overcompensating means excessively. This is the same pattern as seen in words like overconfident, overemphasize, and overstimulate.
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    The front fender sloped toward the rear wheels in a long arc while a compensating ridge developed into a tail fin.  (source)
    compensating = adjusting (for the long arc)
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    But he, too, by now, as had Myra before him, feeling that Clyde was rather attractive and yet, for reasons of poverty, likely to be neglected from now on, not only by his family, but by himself as well, observed most pleasantly, and, as he hoped, compensatively: "It's rather nice out, isn't it?†  (source)
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    He pacified his conscience by promising himself a compensatingly harder self-discipline, purifications the more complete and thorough.  (source)
    compensatingly = to make up for something else
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    Because he still held Ender's head to the floor, the boy couldn't use his arms to compensate, and his legs hit the surface with a loud crack and a sickening pain.  (source)
    compensate = adjust (for his awkward position)
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    The life of a soldier was not without certain compensations.†  (source)
    compensations = things that adjust or make amends for something
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compensate as in:  she is generously compensated

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    They sued for compensation for her injury in the accident.
    compensation = payment
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    He'll also bring them game ... and will probably not ask for compensation, but they should thank him with some kind of trade, like milk or medicine.  (source)
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    "I'll paint your apartment for free, whenever you like." He knew it was useless compensation, but he offered anyway.  (source)
    compensation = payment (for something)
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    The battle for compensation lasted years, as these things always do.  (source)
    compensation = payment to someone (to make up for a loss or inconvenience they suffered)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    In the extremely rare instances in which the Japanese compensated the POWs for their work, payment amounted to almost nothing, equivalent to a few pennies a week.  (source)
    compensated = paid
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    As soon as this was accomplished, she would satisfy herself that the twins were properly taken care of, and perhaps allow them some sort of compensating treat.†  (source)
    compensating = paying
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    Daniel murmurs something compensatory, trying to redirect, but Rivera is just looking at Cedric, like he's trying to dig inside him with his eyes.†  (source)
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    I do not think that the knowledge which I have gained of its history and sources compensates me for the unpleasant details it has forced upon my attention.†  (source)
    compensates = pays
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    We were so nervous that we turned the amps up too loud, creating a frenzy of feedback that made the neighbors complain, and then we overcompensated by playing so low that we couldn't hear one another's instruments.†  (source)
    overcompensated = paid more than necessary
    standard prefix: The prefix "over-" in overcompensated means excessively. This is the same pattern as seen in words like overconfident, overemphasize, and overstimulate.
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    I've already asked Father to compensate him for the damages, especially since Dussel only gets one bar of inferior wartime soap a month.  (source)
    compensate = pay (to make up for)
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    'Automatic compensator, my foot,' snorted Root.†  (source)
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    Charlotte sounded even more like a cheerleader than she normally did, always overcompensating.†  (source)
    overcompensating = paying more than necessary
    standard prefix: The prefix "over-" in overcompensating means excessively. This is the same pattern as seen in words like overconfident, overemphasize, and overstimulate.
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    The moral and economic evil done by trying to get other people's money without working for it (and this is the essence of gambling) is not only enormous but uncompensated.†  (source)
    uncompensated = not paid
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in uncompensated means not and reverses the meaning of compensated. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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