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The correct spelling is compound.
How to pronounce compound
/ˈkɒmpaʊnd/
nounIPA: /ˈkɒmpaʊnd/
Say it like: Com-pow-nd
The correct spelling is compound. An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined For example: "to compound a medicine"
Usage Examples
“to compound a medicine”
“to compound a debt”
“a compound word”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined
- 2.A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices
- 3.Anything made by combining several things.
- 4.A substance made from any combination elements.
- 5.A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight.
verb
- 1.To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.
- 2.To assemble (ingredients) into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
- 3.To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
- 4.To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
- 5.To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise.
adjective
- 1.Composed of elements; not simple
- 2.Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process
- 3.An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
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