compensated

«compensated» in Mova's school dictionary: compensated, you are given money or something else to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb form (compensate, compensates, compensated, compensating); adjective (compensated)

meaning for a pupil

1) If you are compensated, you are given money or something else to make up for a loss, harm or work. tree →

2) If one thing compensated for another, it balanced or made up for it. tree →

sense in the lessons

Adult life (workers compensated for extra hours, families compensated after a flood), law and fairness, science (the body compensated for the cold).

examples

• The family was compensated for the damage to their house. tree →
• Passengers were compensated for the late train. tree →
• His speed compensated for his size. tree →
• Workers are compensated for overtime. tree →
• She was not compensated for her help. tree →
• The good ending compensated for the slow start. tree →

note

Pattern: be compensated for something. Noun: compensation. In money problems: the compensation is the amount paid to make up the loss.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «compensated» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.