Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmˈpaʊnd/Category:English 2-syllable words#COMPOUNDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#COMPOUND

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• (General American, dialects of Canada) enPR: kŏm'pound, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmˈpaʊnd/Category:English 2-syllable words#COMPOUNDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#COMPOUND
• (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmpaʊnd/Category:English 2-syllable words#COMPOUNDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#COMPOUND
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔmˈpæɔnd/Category:English 3-syllable words#COMPOUNDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#COMPOUND
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmˈpæʊnd/Category:English 2-syllable words#COMPOUNDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#COMPOUND
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpaʊnd/, /komˈpaʊnd/Category:English 2-syllable words#COMPOUNDCategory:English 2-syllable words#COMPOUNDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#COMPOUND

Noun

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1. An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.

   Synonyms: gaol, jail, pen, pound, prison; see also Thesaurus:prison

2. An enclosure for secure storage.
   • 1960 May, “New Signalbox at Manchester Victoria”, in Railway Magazine, page 310:

     A separate building on the west side will house a standby powerhouse and a workshop, and there will be an unroofed compound for compressed air cylinders and water tanks.

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   • 2020 December 2, “Network News: News in brief: More cycle spaces”, in Rail, page 27:

     A total of 75 cycle spaces are being installed at three Greater Anglia stations - [...]. And a secure compound for bicycles is being built at Cambridge North.

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3. A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-1:

     Shepard: What kind of proof do you have that the major is dangerous?
     Transmission: Three days ago, we sent two Alliance representatives to meet with him at his compound. They have disappeared. We believe Kyle and his followers killed them.
     Transmission: That compound is a cult, Shepard. They call him 'Father Kyle' now. He's set himself up as some kind of religious leader.

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   • 2019 March 7, Yuda Masayuki, “Thai court: pro-Thaksin party must disband for nominating princess”, in Nikkei Asian Review‎, Nikkei Inc, retrieved 7 March 2019:

     Some 20 supporters managed to get inside the court compounds. About half an hour after the verdict was delivered, they gathered near the Constitutional Court entrance and shouted: "On March 24, use your pen to oust the dictator."

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4. (by extension, PhilippinesCategory:Philippine English#COMPOUND) A group of buildings where members of the same extended family live together.

Pronunciation

• adj. and noun enPR: kŏm'pound
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmpaʊnd/Category:English 2-syllable words#COMPOUNDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#COMPOUND

    • Audio (Southern England):

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  • (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmpaʊnd/Category:English 2-syllable words#COMPOUNDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#COMPOUND
  • (Philippines) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpaʊnd/, /komˈpaʊnd/Category:English 2-syllable words#COMPOUNDCategory:English 2-syllable words#COMPOUNDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#COMPOUND
• verb enPR: kəmpound'
  • (UK, US, Canada, Philippines) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpaʊnd/Category:English 2-syllable words#COMPOUNDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#COMPOUND

    • Audio (Southern California):

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• Rhymes: -aʊndCategory:Rhymes:English/aʊnd#COMPOUNDCategory:Rhymes:English/aʊnd/2 syllables#COMPOUND

Adjective

compound (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#COMPOUNDCategory:English adjectives#COMPOUNDCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#COMPOUNDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#COMPOUNDCategory:Pages with entries#COMPOUNDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#COMPOUND

1. Composed of elements; not simple.

   Synonym: composite

   Antonym: simple

   a compound wordCategory:English terms with collocations#COMPOUND

   • 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.

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2. (mathematicsCategory:en:Mathematics#COMPOUND) Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.

   compound additionCategory:English terms with collocations#COMPOUND

   compound proportionCategory:English terms with collocations#COMPOUND

3. (musicCategory:en:Music#COMPOUND) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).

Noun

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2. Anything made by combining several things.

   Synonyms: amalgam, blend, combination, composite, mix, mixture

4. (chemistryCategory:en:Chemistry#COMPOUND) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.

   Coordinate terms: substance, element, mixture, composite

5. (chemistryCategory:en:Chemistry#COMPOUND, datedCategory:English dated terms#COMPOUND) A substance made from any combination of ingredients.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 228:

     A compound of spurge, cardamom, cinnamon of Mecca, pellitory, ginger, nettle seed is an Arab specific for sexual weakness.

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6. (lawCategory:en:Law#COMPOUND) 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

7. (linguisticsCategory:en:Linguistics#COMPOUND) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.

   Synonym: compound word

   • 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Position vectors, homologous chromosomes and gamma rays: Promoting disciplinary literacy through Secondary Phrase Lists”, in English for Specific Purposes, →DOI, page 8:

     Compositionally there is no great distinction between cell wall and cell surface, both are relatively transparent compounds, but both parts of the cell are of high significance in Biology due to their central role in cell functioning.

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8. (linguisticsCategory:en:Linguistics#COMPOUND) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or 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.

9. (rail transportCategory:en:Rail transportation#COMPOUND) A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
   • 1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 148:

     From a dead stand, with regulator full open and the lever at about 50 per cent we got up to about 60 m.p.h. by the top of the bank. The big compound was making plenty of noise - but what musical and wonderful noise!

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10. Ellipsis of compound exerciseCategory:English ellipses#COMPOUND.

Verb

compound (third-person singular simple present compounds, present participle compounding, simple past and past participle compounded)Category:English lemmas#COMPOUNDCategory:English verbs#COMPOUNDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#COMPOUNDCategory:Pages with entries#COMPOUNDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#COMPOUND

1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#COMPOUND) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mix

   to compound a medicineCategory:English terms with usage examples#COMPOUND

   • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, 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.

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   • 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.

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   • 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

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   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 62:

     In eighteenth century France, many aphrodisiac dishes and pastries were compounded with chocolate.

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2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#COMPOUND, lawCategory:en:Law#COMPOUND) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.

   Synonym: settle

   to compound a debtCategory:English terms with usage examples#COMPOUND

3. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#COMPOUND) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.

   Synonym: 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.

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   • 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

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4. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#COMPOUND) To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.

   Synonyms: agree; see also Thesaurus:agree

   to compound with someone / for somethingCategory:English terms with usage examples#COMPOUND

   • 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.

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   • 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 [Sheldonian] Theater:

     They were at last glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower.

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   • 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC:

     [Cornwall] compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds.

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   • 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.

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5. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#COMPOUND, obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#COMPOUND) To compose; to constitute.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:compose

   • c. 1605–1608 (date written), 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

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6. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#COMPOUND, financeCategory:en:Finance#COMPOUND) To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
7. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#COMPOUND, see usage notes) To worsen a situation.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:make matters worse

   • 2020 April 12, Simon Tisdall, “US's global reputation hits rock-bottom over Trump's coronavirus response”, in The Guardian‎:

     […] This latest example of nationalistic self-interest compounded anger across the EU over Trump’s travel ban, imposed last month without consultation or scientific justification.

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8. (horse racingCategory:en:Horse racing#COMPOUND, intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#COMPOUND) 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.

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