Pronunciation Noun
compound (plural compounds)
- an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined
- 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
- Portuguese: cercado
- Russian: огороженный
- French: complexe
- German: Komplex, Anwesen, Block, Ensemble
- Italian: complesso
- Portuguese: complexo
- Russian: ко́мплекс
- Spanish: complejo
- 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
- a compound word
- 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).
- (composed of elements) composite
- (composed of elements) simple
- 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. - (chemistry, dated) A substance made from any combination elements.
- (chemistry) A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight.
- (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem; compound word; for example laptop, formed from lap and top.
- (rail) a compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
- (anything made by combining several things) amalgam, blend, combination, composite, mix, mixture
- (word) compound word
- 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; past and past participle compounded)
- (transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.
- to compound a medicine
- 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. [...] In Three Volumes, volume (
please specify ), Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], OCLC 230694662 ↗:
- (transitive) To assemble (ingredients) into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
- We have the power of altering […] and compounding those images […] into all the varieties of picture.
- (transitive) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
- c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene v]:
- Only compound me with forgotten dust.
- (transitive, legal) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
- to compound a debt
- (transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene i]:
- I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife.
- (intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.
- c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “Measvre for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene ii]:
- Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow; […] compound with him by the year.
- They were at last glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower.
- Cornwall compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds.
, Hudibras - Compound for sins they are inclined to / By damning those they have no mind to.
- (transitive, obsolete) To compose; to constitute.
- c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [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) To worsen a situation.
, New Family Structure Study - This problem is compounded when these studies compare data from the small convenience samples of gay parenting with data on heterosexual parenting
- (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.
- 1855, The Sporting Review (volume 34, page 240)
- (to come to terms of agreement) agree
- (to put together) assemble, blend, combine, join, join together, mix, put together, unite
- (to add to) augment, increase
- (law: to settle by agreeing on less than the claim) settle
- (to compose) form, make up; see also Thesaurus:compose
- Italian: unirsi
- Russian: собира́ться
- German: übereinkommen, Übereinkunft treffen, sich vergleichen
- Italian: accordarsi, mettersi d'accordo
- French: composer
- German: zusammenstellen, mischen, zusammensetzen, verbinden, zusammenmischen, zusammenreiben
- Italian: mettere insieme, comporre
- Portuguese: compor
- Russian: соединя́ть
- German: hinzufügen, vergrößern, verstärken
- Italian: aggiungere
- Russian: добавля́ть
- German: sich vergleichen, einen Vergleich schließen, durch Vergleich regeln
- German: verschlimmern, erschweren
- Spanish: agravar
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