compound
Etymology 1
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Etymology 1
Possibly from Malay kampong, kampung ("group of buildings, village"), via Dutch - or Portuguese -, altered under the influence of Etymology 2.
Pronunciation Nouncompound (plural compounds)
- An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
- Synonyms: gaol, jail, pen, pound, prison, Thesaurus:prison
- An enclosure for secure storage.
- A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
- French: complexe
- German: Komplex, Lager, Block, Gelände, Gehege
- Italian: campo di prigionìa (for prisoners)
- Portuguese: cercado
- Russian: огоро́женное ме́сто
- French: complexe
- German: Komplex, Anwesen, Block, Ensemble
- Italian: complesso
- Portuguese: complexo
- Russian: ко́мплекс
- Spanish: complejo
From Middle English compounen, from Middle French componre, compondre ("to put together"), from Latin componō, from Latin com- + ponō ("to put").
Pronunciation- adj. and noun (British) IPA: /ˈkɒmpaʊnd/
- adj. and noun (America) enPR: kŏm'pound, IPA: /ˈkɑmpaʊnd/
- verb (America, British) enPR: kəmpound', IPA: /kəmˈpaʊnd/
compound (not comparable)
- Composed of elements; not simple.
- Synonyms: composite
- Antonyms: simple
- a compound word
- 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […], published 1726, →OCLC ↗:
- Compound substances are made up of two or more simple substances.
- (math) Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.
- compound addition
- compound proportion
- (music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
- French: composé
- German: zusammengesetzt, zusammengestellt, mehrteilig, mehrschichtig
- Italian: composto, costituito
- Portuguese: composto
- Russian: составно́й
- Spanish: compuesto
compound (plural compounds)
Anything made by combining several things. - Synonyms: amalgam, blend, combination, composite, mix, mixture
(chemistry) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight. - (chemistry, dated) A substance made from any combination of ingredients.
- (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.
- Synonyms: compound word
- (law) A legal procedure whereby a criminal or delinquent avoids prosecution in a court in exchange for his payment to the authorities of a financial penalty or fine.
- Hyponyms: closed compound, open compound
- (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or an affix, e.g. "bookshop", "high school" or "non-standard".
- 1989, OED2:
- In the majority of the compounds of non- the hyphen is usually retained; but it is commonly omitted in the case of a few, such as nonconformist, nonentity, nonsense, in which the etymology has been to some extent lost sight of.
- 1989, OED2:
- (rail) A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
- Short for compound exercise.
- French: composé
- German: Mischung, Verbindung, Verbung, Kompositum, Zusammensetzung, Präparat, Masse
- Italian: composto, miscuglio, amalgama
- Portuguese: composto
- Russian: соедине́ние
- Spanish: compuesto
- French: composé
- German: Verbindung
- Italian: composto
- Portuguese: composto
- Russian: соедине́ние
- Spanish: compuesto
compound (compounds, present participle compounding; simple past and past participle compounded)
- (transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:mix
- to compound a medicine
- c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act IV, scene v]:
- Only compound me with forgotten dust.
- 1712 July 2 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “SATURDAY, June 21, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 411; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC ↗:
- We have the power of altering […] and compounding those images […] into all the varieties of picture.
- The spelling has been modernized.
- 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC ↗:
- incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort
- (transitive, legal) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
- Synonyms: settle
- to compound a debt
- (transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.
- Synonyms: compromise
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act II, scene i]:
- I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife.
- 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, II.iii:
- No! no—if Charles has done nothing false or mean, I shall compound for his extravagance
- (intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
- Synonyms: agree, Thesaurus:agree
- to compound with someone / for something
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act IV, scene ii]:
- Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow; […] compound with him by the year.
- 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707, →OCLC ↗:
- They were at last glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower.
- 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. […], new edition, London: […] B. Law, […]; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, →OCLC ↗:
- [Cornwall] compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds.
- 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC ↗:
- Compound for sins they are inclined to / By damning those they have no mind to.
- (transitive, obsolete) To compose; to constitute.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:compose
- c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act IV, scene ii]:
- his pomp and all what state compounds
- (intransitive, finance) To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
- (transitive, see usage notes) To worsen a situation.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:make matters worse
- (horse racing, intransitive) Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.
- 1855, The Sporting Review, volume 34, page 240:
- At the hill, the Warrior must have been at least ten lengths in front of Wild Dayrell; but he compounded about 200 yards on the T. Y. C. side of the Red House.
- French: composer
- German: zusammenstellen, mischen, zusammensetzen, verbinden, zusammenmischen, zusammenreiben
- Italian: mettere insieme, comporre
- Portuguese: compor
- Russian: соединя́ть
- German: sich vergleichen, einen Vergleich schließen, durch Vergleich regeln
- German: übereinkommen, Übereinkunft treffen, sich vergleichen
- Italian: accordarsi, mettersi d'accordo
- German: verschlimmern, erschweren
- Spanish: agravar
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