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Results for: "compensate"

Translating from English to Icelandic

Translations:

compensate
→ bæta, greiða bætur
compensate
→ bæta upp

English definitions WordNet

VERB 6

  1. adjust for

    • “engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance”
    Synonymscounterbalancecorrectmake upeven outeven offeven up

  2. make amends for; pay compensation for

    • “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”
    Synonymsrecompenserepairindemnify

  3. make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities

    • “he is compensating for being a bad father”
    Synonymscoverovercompensate
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  1. make reparations or amends for

    • “right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust”
    Synonymsrightredresscorrect

  2. do or give something to somebody in return

    • “Does she pay you for the work you are doing?”
    Synonymspaypay offmake up

  3. make payment to; compensate

    • “My efforts were not remunerated”
    Synonymsrecompenseremunerate