'V for n' - Construction 17
| Name: | the compensate for construction |
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| Description: | A person does something that balances out another action, by themselves or by someone else. |
| Verbs: | answer, apologise, atone, claim, compensate, expiate, pay, retaliate, make up |
| Example: | [Some] mothers may be able to compensate for some unfavourable conditions… (BNC) |
| Membership: | beneficiary 'for'; figurative |
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