compound

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

Đồng nghĩa: gaol, jail, pen, pound, prison

An enclosure for secure storage.

A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.

(Philippines, broadly)(by extension, Philippines) A group of buildings where members of the same extended family live together.

Anything made by combining several things.

Đồng nghĩa: amalgam, blend, combination, composite, mix, mixture

(chemistry) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.

(dated)(chemistry, dated) A substance made from any combination of ingredients.

(law) 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.

(linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.

Đồng nghĩa: compound word

(linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or affix, e.g. "bookshop", "high school" or "non-standard".

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.

(rail transport) A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.

(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of compound exercise.

(not comparable)Composed of elements; not simple.

a compound word

Đồng nghĩa: composite

(not comparable)(mathematics) Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.

compound addition

compound proportion

(not comparable)(music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).

(transitive)To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.

to compound a medicine

Đồng nghĩa: admix, amalgamate, bemingle, blend, combine, commingle, intermingle, intermix, involve, mang, meddle, ming, mingle, mix, mix up

(transitive)(transitive, law) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.

to compound a debt

Đồng nghĩa: settle

(transitive)To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.

Đồng nghĩa: compromise

(intransitive)To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.

to compound with someone / for something

Đồng nghĩa: agree, agree, accord, meet, coexist, cohere, coincide, comport, comprobate, concur, consent, correspond, harmonize, tally

(obsolete, transitive)To compose; to constitute.

Đồng nghĩa: compose, compound, comprise, constitute, form, indite, make up, represent, upmake

(intransitive)(intransitive, finance) To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.

(transitive)(transitive, see usage notes) To worsen a situation.

Đồng nghĩa: add fuel to the fire, add insult to injury, cap it all off, fan the flames, make matters worse, throw gasoline on the fire, With malice, hit someone when they are down, kick a dog when it's down, kick someone when they are down, punch down, put the boot in, rub it in, rub salt in the wound, strike someone when they are down, twist the knife

(intransitive)(horse racing, intransitive) Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.