"compensatory" meaning in English

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "compensatorily"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "compensatory lengthening"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "compensatory time"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "decompensatory"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hypercompensatory"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "noncompensatory"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "overcompensatory"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pseudocompensatory"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "compensate",
        "3": "-ory"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, compensate + -ory",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French compensatoire. By surface analysis, compensate + -ory.",
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      },
      "expansion": "compensatory (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "com‧pen‧sat‧o‧ry"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury"
      ],
      "id": "en-compensatory-en-adj-kShj6NI-",
      "links": [
        [
          "recompense",
          "recompense"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a payment) Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a payment"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "64 7 29",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "serving as compensation",
          "word": "kompensatorisk"
        },
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "serving as compensation",
          "word": "kompensatorisk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 7 29",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "serving as compensation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "náhradný (voľno, dovolenka)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 7 29",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "serving as compensation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vyrovnávací"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 7 29",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "serving as compensation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kompenzačný"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something"
      ],
      "id": "en-compensatory-en-adj-7zDCTv~6",
      "links": [
        [
          "offsetting",
          "offsetting"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Genetics",
          "orig": "en:Genetics",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 14 65",
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          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ory",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 13 73",
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          "_dis": "13 8 79",
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          "_dis": "26 15 59",
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          "_dis": "8 4 87",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "31 12 57",
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          "name": "Terms with Slovak translations",
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      "glosses": [
        "That compensates for a deleterious mutation"
      ],
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          "compensate",
          "compensate"
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          "mutation",
          "mutation"
        ]
      ],
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        "(genetics) That compensates for a deleterious mutation"
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
      ],
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        "biology",
        "genetics",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/kɒmpɛnˈseɪtəɹi/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɒmˈpɛnsətəɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kəmˈpɛnsəˌtɔɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "compensatory"
}

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    "English terms derived from French",
    "English terms suffixed with -ory",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
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    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "compensatorily"
    },
    {
      "word": "compensatory lengthening"
    },
    {
      "word": "compensatory time"
    },
    {
      "word": "decompensatory"
    },
    {
      "word": "hypercompensatory"
    },
    {
      "word": "noncompensatory"
    },
    {
      "word": "overcompensatory"
    },
    {
      "word": "pseudocompensatory"
    },
    {
      "word": "undercompensatory"
    }
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    },
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        "2": "compensate",
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      },
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      "name": "surf"
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  ],
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      },
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    "com‧pen‧sat‧o‧ry"
  ],
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  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury"
      ],
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        [
          "recompense",
          "recompense"
        ]
      ],
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        "(of a payment) Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury"
      ],
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        "of a payment"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something"
      ],
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        [
          "offsetting",
          "offsetting"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
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        "en:Genetics"
      ],
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        "That compensates for a deleterious mutation"
      ],
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          "genetics",
          "genetics"
        ],
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          "compensate",
          "compensate"
        ],
        [
          "mutation",
          "mutation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(genetics) That compensates for a deleterious mutation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
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        "biology",
        "genetics",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "serving as compensation",
      "word": "kompensatorisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "serving as compensation",
      "word": "kompensatorisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "serving as compensation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "náhradný (voľno, dovolenka)"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "serving as compensation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vyrovnávací"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "serving as compensation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kompenzačný"
    }
  ],
  "word": "compensatory"
}