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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024com•pound1 /adj., v. ˈkɑmpaʊnd, kəmˈpaʊnd; n. ˈkɑmpaʊnd/USA pronunciation adj. [before a noun]- composed of two or more ingredients: Bronze is a compound metal made of copper and tin.
- having or involving two or more actions or functions: The mouth is a compound organ.
- Grammar(of a word)
- Grammarmade up of two or more parts that are also words, as housetop, many-sided, playact, or upon.
- made up of two or more parts that are also bases, as biochemistry or ethnography.
- Grammar(of a verb tense) made up of an auxiliary verb and a main verb, as are swimming, have spoken, or will write(opposed to simple ).
n. [countable] - something formed by compounding or combining parts, elements, etc.:Water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen.
- Grammara compound word, esp. one composed of two or more words, as moonflower or rainstorm.
v. [~ + object] - to put together into a whole;
combine: to compound drugs to form a new medicine. - to make or form by combining parts;
construct: The medicine was compounded from various drugs. - to increase or add to, esp. so as to worsen:When he started arguing with the police officer it only compounded his problems.
- Businessto pay (interest) on the interest already earned as well as on the principal:The bank compounds interest on a savings account.
com•pound•a•ble, adj. com•pound•er, n. [countable]See -pound-.com•pound2 /ˈkɑmpaʊnd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a separate area, usually fenced or walled, containing barracks or other structures.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024com•pound1 (adj. kom′pound, kom pound′;n. kom′pound;
v. kəm pound′, kom′pound),USA pronunciation adj. - composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients:Soap is a compound substance.
- having or involving two or more actions or functions:The mouth is a compound organ.
- Grammarof or pertaining to a compound sentence or compound-complex sentence.
- Grammar(of a word)
- consisting of two or more parts that are also bases, as housetop, many-sided, playact, or upon.
- consisting of any two or more parts that have identifiable meaning, as a base and a noninflectional affix (return, follower), a base and a combining form (biochemistry), two combining forms (ethnography), or a combining form and a noninflectional affix (aviary, dentoid).
- Grammar(of a verb tense) consisting of an auxiliary verb and a main verb, as are swimming, have spoken, or will write (opposed to simple).
- Botanycomposed of several similar parts that combine to form a whole:a compound fruit.
- [Zool.]composed of a number of distinct individuals that are connected to form a united whole or colony, as coral.
- [Music.]of or pertaining to compound time.
- Mechanical Engineering[Mach.]noting an engine or turbine expanding the same steam or the like in two successive chambers to do work at two ranges of pressure.
n. - something formed by compounding or combining parts, elements, etc.
- Chemistrya pure substance composed of two or more elements whose composition is constant.
- Grammara compound word, esp. one composed of two or more words that are otherwise unaltered, as moonflower or rainstorm.
v.t. - to put together into a whole;
combine:to compound drugs to form a new medicine. - to make or form by combining parts, elements, etc.;
construct:to compound a new plan from parts of several former plans. - to make up or constitute:all the organs and members that compound a human body.
- to settle or adjust by agreement, esp. for a reduced amount, as a debt.
- Lawto agree, for a consideration, not to prosecute or punish a wrongdoer for:to compound a crime or felony.
- Businessto pay (interest) on the accrued interest as well as the principal:My bank compounds interest quarterly.
- to increase or add to:The misery of his loneliness was now compounded by his poverty.
- Electricityto connect a portion of the field turns of (a direct-current dynamo) in series with the armature circuit.
v.i. - to make a bargain;
come to terms;
compromise. - Businessto settle a debt, claim, etc., by compromise.
- to form a compound.
- Latin compōnere, equivalent. to com- com- + pōnere to put; (adjective, adjectival) Middle English compouned, past participle of compounen, as above
- Middle French compon- (stem of compondre)
- (verb, verbal) Middle English compounen 1350–1400
- (in the Far East) an enclosure containing residences, business offices, or other establishments of Europeans.
- (in Africa) a similar enclosure for native laborers.
- any enclosure, esp. for prisoners of war.
- any separate cluster of homes, often owned by members of the same family.
- 1670–80; alteration, by association with compound1, of Malay kampung village, collection, gathering; compare kampong
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