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Definitions for Compounded

[1] composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients: Soap is a compound substance.
[2] having or involving two or more actions or functions: The mouth is a compound organ.
[3] Grammar . of or relating to a compound sentence or compound-complex sentence.
[4] (of a word) consisting of two or more parts that are also bases, forming a compound noun, compound adjective, compound verb, or compound preposition, 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 ).
[5] (of a verb tense) consisting of an auxiliary verb and a main verb, as are swimming, have spoken, or will write (opposed to simple).
[6] Botany . composed of several similar parts that combine to form a whole: a compound fruit.
[7] Zoology . composed of a number of distinct individuals that are connected to form a united whole or colony, as coral.
[8] Music . of or relating to compound time.
[9] Machinery . noting an engine or turbine expanding the same steam or the like in two successive chambers to do work at two ranges of pressure.
[10] something formed by compounding or combining parts, elements, etc.
[11] Chemistry . a pure substance composed of two or more elements whose composition is constant.
[12] a compound word, especially one composed of two or more words that are otherwise unaltered, as moonflower or rainstorm.
[13] to put together into a whole; combine: to compound drugs to form a new medicine.
[14] to make or form by combining parts, elements, etc.; construct: to compound a new plan from parts of several former plans.
[15] to make up or constitute: all the organs and members that compound a human body.
[16] to settle or adjust by agreement, especially for a reduced amount, as a debt.
[17] Law . to agree, for a consideration, not to prosecute or punish a wrongdoer for: to compound a crime or felony.
[18] to pay (interest) on the accrued interest as well as the principal: My bank compounds interest quarterly.
[19] to increase or add to: The misery of his loneliness was now compounded by his poverty.
[20] Electricity . to connect a portion of the field turns of (a direct-current dynamo) in series with the armature circuit.
[21] to make a bargain; come to terms; compromise.
[22] to settle a debt, claim, etc., by compromise.
[23] to form a compound.
[24] a substance that contains atoms of two or more chemical elements held together by chemical bonds
[25] any combination of two or more parts, aspects, etc
[26] a word formed from two existing words or combining forms
[27] to mix or combine so as to create a compound or other product
[28] to make by combining parts, elements, aspects, etc to compound a new plastic
[29] to intensify by an added element his anxiety was compounded by her crying
[30] finance to calculate or pay (interest) on both the principal and its accrued interest
[31] (also intr) to come to an agreement in (a quarrel, dispute, etc)
[32] (also intr) to settle (a debt, promise, etc) for less than what is owed; compromise
[33] law to agree not to prosecute in return for a consideration to compound a crime
[34] electrical engineering to place duplex windings on the field coil of (a motor or generator), one acting as a shunt, the other being in series with the main circuit, thus making the machine self-regulating
[35] composed of or created by the combination of two or more parts, elements, etc
[36] (of a word) consisting of elements that are also words or productive combining forms
[37] (of a sentence) formed by coordination of two or more sentences
[38] (of a verb or the tense, mood, etc, of a verb) formed by using an auxiliary verb in addition to the main verb the future in English is a compound tense involving the use of such auxiliary verbs as `` shall '' and `` will ''
[39] music denoting a time in which the number of beats per bar is a multiple of three six-four is an example of compound time (of an interval) greater than an octave
[40] zoology another word for colonial (def. 6)
[41] (of a steam engine, turbine, etc) having multiple stages in which the steam or working fluid from one stage is used in a subsequent stage
[42] (of a piston engine) having a turbocharger powered by a turbine in the exhaust stream
[43] (esp formerly in South Africa) an enclosure, esp on the mines, containing the living quarters for Black workers
[44] any similar enclosure, such as a camp for prisoners of war
[45] (formerly in India, China, etc) the enclosure in which a European's house or factory stood

Words nearby Compounded

compoundcomposure, compotation, compotator, compote, compotier, compound, compound aneurysm, compound annual return, compound dislocation, compound engine, compound eye

Origin of Compounded

11350–1400; (v.) Middle English compounen < Middle French compon- (stem of compondre ) < Latin compōnere, equivalent to com- com- + pōnere to put; (adj.) Middle English compouned, past participle of compounen, as above

Other words from Compounded

com·pound·a·ble , adjective
com·pound·ed·ness , noun
com·pound·er , noun
non·com·pound·a·ble , adjective
un·com·pound·a·ble , adjective
un·com·pound·ed , adjective
un·com·pound·ing , adjective

Word origin for Compounded

C17: by folk etymology (influenced by compound 1 ) from Malay kampong village

Synonyms for Compounded

admix, amalgamate, associate, blend, bracket, coalesce, commingle, commix, concoct, connect, couple, fuse, immix, intermingle, join, link, meld, mingle, synthesize, unite, coagment, make up