how to pronounce compensate

/ˈkɒm.pən.sɛɪt/

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compensate is pronounced in three syllables

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kɒmpənsɛɪt

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An example use of compensate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… to compensate for a fundamental feeling …”

meaning of compensate

Compensate means to make up for something.

compensate frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word compensate occurs in english on average 8.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics compensate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that compensate can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

words with pronunciation similar to compensate

condensatecomplicatecomposite

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