[
  {
    "word": "compensate",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8k\u0252m.p\u0259n.se\u026at/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8k\u0252m.p\u0259n.se\u026at/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8k\u0251m.p\u0259n\u02ccse\u026at/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/compensate-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=296198",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To do (something good) after (something bad) happens",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It is hard work, but they will compensate you well for it."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "His loud voice cannot compensate for a lack of personality."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I don't like driving that old car because it always steers a little to the left so I'm forever compensating for that when I drive it. Trust me, it gets annoying real fast."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "acclimate",
          "acclimatize",
          "accommodate",
          "accustom",
          "adapt",
          "guerdon",
          "reimburse",
          "accord",
          "amend",
          "appease",
          "atone",
          "equate",
          "expiate",
          "harmonize",
          "indemnify",
          "level",
          "offset",
          "reconcile",
          "rectify",
          "redeem",
          "redress",
          "remedy",
          "remunerate",
          "requite",
          "resolve",
          "restitute",
          "restitution",
          "square"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/compensate"
    ]
  }
]