COMPOUND
\kˈɒmpa͡ʊnd], \kˈɒmpaʊnd], \k_ˈɒ_m_p_aʊ_n_d]\
Definitions of COMPOUND
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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put or add together; "combine resources"
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combine so as to form a whole; mix; "compound the ingredients"
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calculate principal and interest
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an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
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a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
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consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts; "soap is a compound substance"; "housetop is a compound word"; "a blackberry is a compound fruit"
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create by mixing or combining
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of leaf shapes; of leaves composed of several similar parts or lobes
By Princeton University
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put or add together; "combine resources"
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combine so as to form a whole; mix; "compound the ingredients"
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calculate principal and interest
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an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
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a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
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(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves composed of several similar parts or lobes
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consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts; "soap is a compound substance"; "housetop is a compound word"; "a blackberry is a compound fruit"
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create by mixing or combining
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
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To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.
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To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
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To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
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To compose; to constitute.
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To effect a composition; 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.
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Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.
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That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition.
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A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.
By Oddity Software
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To mix together; as, to compound drugs.
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Composed of two or more parts.
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A combination of two or more elements, ingredients, or parts.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To mix or combine: to settle or adjust by agreement.
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To agree, or come to terms: to bargain in the lump.
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Mixed or composed of a number of parts: not simple.
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A mass made up of a number of parts.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To mix, or make by mixture; combine.
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To settle at a reduction, as a debt; conceal, as a crime, for a consideration.
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To come to terms; settle.
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Composed of ingredients or parts; composite.
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A compound substance.
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The walled or fenced enclosure of a European residence or factory in the Orient.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Same etymology; to mix medicines. To mingle different ingredients into one whole. Used adjectively, compound signifies the result of the union of several medical agents, as "a compound medicine."
By Robley Dunglison
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A mixture.
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In chemistry, a substance, the molecule of which is made up of two or more dissimilar atoms.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe