compensate
verb (used with object)
to recompense for something.
have compensated
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present perfectof compensate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Spurs have badly lacked for creativity from open play throughout Frank's first season but have compensated thanks to their strength from set pieces.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
"The positive is we have compensated 50% of the gap to Red Bull," said team principal Frederic Vasseur.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2024
Fran’s co-workers seem to have compensated by developing cheesy chipper mannerisms in the office, or rich lives outside of them.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
Like the hugely successful early 20th century L.A. landscape painter Granville Redmond, who was also deaf, Castle is sometimes claimed to have compensated for his hearing loss through an increased power in visual acuity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
And to see Timothy and Arethusa pick up the threads of her love-story where she had laid them down would almost have compensated Miss Asenath for living all these years with only memories.
From The Heart of Arethusa by Frances Barton Fox
