compensate

A surreal, photorealistic image of a set of scales with a large, heavy object on one side and a person carefully adding smaller weights to the other side to achieve balance.
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A surreal, photorealistic image of a set of scales with a large, heavy object on one side and a person carefully adding smaller weights to the other side to achieve balance.

This image visualizes the concept of balancing, which is a key element in the definition of 'compensate'. The image depicts scales with a heavy object on one side and someone adding weights to the other side to achieve balance. The adjectives 'surreal' and 'photorealistic' aim to make the image both memorable and visually appealing.

  1. verb — compensates; compensating; compensated
    1. To do (something good) after (something bad) happens
    2. 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.
    3. 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 compensate me for his tree landing on my shed, my neighbor paved my driveway.
      • , Preface The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries.
    4. 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.
      • To compensate for his broken leg, Gary uses crutches.
Derivatives recompensate