compound
verb/kəmˈpaʊnd/
/kəmˈpaʊnd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they compound | /kəmˈpaʊnd/ /kəmˈpaʊnd/ |
| he / she / it compounds | /kəmˈpaʊndz/ /kəmˈpaʊndz/ |
| past simple compounded | /kəmˈpaʊndɪd/ /kəmˈpaʊndɪd/ |
| past participle compounded | /kəmˈpaʊndɪd/ /kəmˈpaʊndɪd/ |
| -ing form compounding | /kəmˈpaʊndɪŋ/ /kəmˈpaʊndɪŋ/ |
- compound something to make something bad become even worse by causing further damage or problems
- The problems were compounded by severe food shortages.
- The Chancellor compounded the situation by ruling out an early cut in interest rates.
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- be compounded of/from something(formal) to be formed from something
- The DNA molecule is compounded from many smaller molecules.
- [often passive] (formal or specialist) to mix something together
- (be) compounded with something liquid soaps compounded with disinfectant
- compound something (finance) to pay or charge interest on an amount of money that includes any interest already earned or charged
Word Originverb late Middle English compoune (verb), from Old French compoun-, present tense stem of compondre, from Latin componere ‘put together’. The final -d was added in the 16th cent. on the pattern of expound and propound.
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