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Compound meaning in English

Meaning of Compound in English

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Compound

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Noun

1. compound

a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts

2. chemical compound, compound

(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

3. compound

an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)

Verb

4. compound, deepen, heighten, intensify

make more intense, stronger, or more marked

Example Sentences:
'The efforts were intensified'
'Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her'
'Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness'
'This event only deepened my convictions'

5. combine, compound

put or add together

Example Sentences:
'combine resources'

6. compound

calculate principal and interest

7. compound

create by mixing or combining

8. combine, compound

combine so as to form a whole; mix

Example Sentences:
'compound the ingredients'

Adjective

10. compound

consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts

Example Sentences:
'soap is a compound substance'
'housetop is a compound word'
'a blackberry is a compound fruit'

11. colonial, compound

composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony

Example Sentences:
'coral is a colonial organism'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Compound

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noun (ˈkɒmpaʊnd )
1. 
a substance that contains atoms of two or more chemical elements held together by chemical bonds
2. 
any combination of two or more parts, aspects, etc
3. 
a word formed from two existing words or combining forms
verb (kəmˈpaʊnd ) (mainly tr)
4. 
to mix or combine so as to create a compound or other product
5. 
to make by combining parts, elements, aspects, etc
to compound a new plastic
6. 
to intensify by an added element
his anxiety was compounded by her crying
7. finance
to calculate or pay (interest) on both the principal and its accrued interest
8. (also intr)
to come to an agreement in (a quarrel, dispute, etc)
9. (also intr)
to settle (a debt, promise, etc) for less than what is owed; compromise
10. law
to agree not to prosecute in return for a consideration
to compound a crime
11. electrical engineering
to place duplex windings on the field coil of (a motor or generator), one acting as a shunt, the other being in series with the main circuit, thus making the machine self-regulating
adjective (ˈkɒmpaʊnd )
12. 
composed of or created by the combination of two or more parts, elements, etc
13. 
(of a word) consisting of elements that are also words or productive combining forms
14. 
(of a sentence) formed by coordination of two or more sentences
15. 
(of a verb or the tense, mood, etc, of a verb) formed by using an auxiliary verb in addition to the main verb
the future in English is a compound tense involving the use of such auxiliary verbs as 'shall' and 'will'
16. music
a. 
denoting a time in which the number of beats per bar is a multiple of three
six-four is an example of compound time
b. 
(of an interval) greater than an octave
17. zoology another word for colonial (sense 6)
18. 
(of a steam engine, turbine, etc) having multiple stages in which the steam or working fluid from one stage is used in a subsequent stage
19. 
(of a piston engine) having a turbocharger powered by a turbine in the exhaust stream
noun
1. 
(esp formerly in South Africa) an enclosure, esp on the mines, containing the living quarters for Black workers
2. 
any similar enclosure, such as a camp for prisoners of war
3. 
(formerly in India, China, etc) the enclosure in which a European's house or factory stood

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Compound

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verb transitive
1. 
to mix or combine
2. 
to make by combining parts or elements
3. 
to settle by mutual agreement; specif., to settle (a debt) by a compromise payment of less than the total claim
4. 
to compute (interest) on the sum of the principal and the accumulated interest which has accrued at regular intervals
interest compounded semiannually
5. 
to increase or intensify by adding new elements
to compound a problem
verb intransitive
6. 
to agree
7. 
to compromise with a creditor
8. 
to combine and form a compound
adjective
9. 
made of two or more separate parts or elements
noun
10. 
a thing formed by the mixture or combination of two or more parts or elements
11. 
a substance containing two or more elements chemically combined in fixed proportions
see also mixture
12. 
a word composed of two or more base morphemes, whether hyphenated or not
English compounds are usually distinguished from phrases by reduced stress on one of the elements and by changes in meaning (Ex.: blackʹbird57426, blackʹ birdʹ; grandʹ-aunt57426, grandʹ auntʹ)
noun
1. 
kampong
2. 
an enclosed space with a building or group of buildings within it

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Compound

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v. com·pound·ed, com·pound·ing, com·pounds
v.tr.
1. To combine so as to form a whole; mix: Tin was often compounded with lead to make pewter.
2. To produce or create by combining two or more ingredients or parts; compose or make up: pharmacists compounding prescriptions.
3. To settle (a debt, for example) by agreeing on an amount less than the claim; adjust.
4. To compute (interest) on the principal and accrued interest.
5.
a. To add to or intensify so as to make worse: "The university authorities ... compounded their crime in dismissing [the professor] by denying that their action ... reflected any abridgment of academic freedom" (John Kenneth Galbraith).
b. To make worse by being an additional or intensifying factor: High winds compounded the difficulties of the firefighters.
v.intr.
1. To combine in or form a compound.
2. To come to terms; agree.
adj. (kŏmpound, kŏm-pound, kəm-)
1. Consisting of two or more substances, ingredients, elements, or parts.
2. Botany Composed of more than one part: a compound pistil.
n. (kŏmpound)
1. A combination of two or more elements or parts.
2. Linguistics A word that consists either of two or more elements that are independent words, such as loudspeaker, self-portrait, or high school, or of specially modified combining forms of words, such as Greek philosophia, from philo-, "loving," and sophia, "wisdom."
3. Chemistry A pure, macroscopically homogeneous substance consisting of atoms or ions of two or more different elements in definite proportions that cannot be separated by physical means. A compound usually has properties unlike those of its constituent elements.
n.
1. A building or buildings, especially a residence or group of residences, set off and enclosed by a barrier.
2. An enclosed area used for confining prisoners of war.

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