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EVEN OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Adjust for
Example:
engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
Synonyms:
compensate; correct; counterbalance; even off; even out; even up; make up
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "even off" is one way to...):
balance; equilibrate; equilibrise; equilibrize (bring into balance or equilibrium)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "even off"):
carry (compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance)
compensate; cover; overcompensate (make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
