English Explanatory Dictionary

compound

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
  2. An enclosure for secure storage.
  3. A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
  4. A group of buildings where members of the same extended family live together.
adj
  1. Composed of elements; not simple.
  2. Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.
  3. An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
noun
  1. Anything made by combining several things.
  2. A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.
  3. A substance made from any combination of ingredients.
  4. 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.
  5. A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.
  6. A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or affix, e.g. "bookshop", "high school" or "non-standard".
  7. A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
  8. Ellipsis of compound exercise.
verb
  1. To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
  2. To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
  3. To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.
  4. To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
  5. To compose; to constitute.
  6. To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
  7. To worsen a situation.
  8. Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒmˈpaʊnd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-compound (noun).wav kŏm'pound /ˈkɑmˈpaʊnd/ /ˈkɒmpaʊnd/ /ˈkɔmˈpæɔnd/ /ˈkɒmˈpæʊnd/ /kəmˈpaʊnd/ /komˈpaʊnd/ /ˈkɑmpaʊnd/ kəmpound' En-us-compound.ogg

Word forms

compound compounds compounding compounded

Etymology

Etymology tree Malay kampungder.? English compound Possibly from Malay kampong, kampung (“group of buildings, village”), via Dutch or Portuguese, altered under the influence of Etymology 2. Doublet of kampung.

Synonyms

gaol jail pen pound prison composite amalgam blend combination mix mixture compound word admix amalgamate bemingle combine commingle intermingle intermix involve mang meddle ming mingle mix up settle compromise agree accord meet coexist cohere coincide comport comprobate concur consent correspond harmonize tally compose compound comprise constitute form indite make up represent upmake add fuel to the fire add insult to injury cap it all off fan the flames make matters worse throw gasoline on the fire With malice hit someone when they are down kick a dog when it's down kick someone when they are down punch down

Antonyms

simple

Derived words

compound animal compound attack compound balloon compound bow compound butter compound chocolate compound common time compound control compound crystal compound curve compound duple compound engine compound eye compound fracture compound fruit compound householder compound hyperopia compound imperative compound interest compound interval compound key compound labour compound larceny compound leaf compoundly compound machine compound meter compound microscope compound modifier compound myopia compoundness compound pattern compound pendulum compound point compound predicate word compound proportion compound sentence compound symbol compound tense compound time noncompound decompound Amadori compound ansa compound aromatic compound arsonium compound azo compound binary compound biocompound cage compound catena compound chelate compound chemical compound clathrate compound cluster compound cocompound cocompounding complex compound compoundhood coordination compound

Translations

Bulgarian: смесвам Bulgarian: съединявам Finnish: yhdistää Finnish: liittää French: composer German: zusammenstellen German: mischen German: zusammensetzen German: verbinden German: zusammenmischen German: zusammenreiben Greek: αναμιγνύω Greek: μιγνύω Greek: συνθέτω Greek: παρασκευάζω Hebrew: שִׁלֵּב Italian: mettere insieme Italian: comporre Portuguese: compor Russian: соединя́ть Russian: объединя́ть Russian: сме́шивать Slovene: sestaviti Swedish: blanda (ihop, till, tillsammans) Swedish: sätta (ihop, samman) Tamil: கல
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