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- DictionaryCom·pound
noun
- 1. a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture: "the air smelled like a compound of diesel and gasoline fumes"
adjective
- 1. made up or consisting of two or more existing parts or elements: "a compound noun"
verb
- 1. make up (a composite whole); constitute: "a dialect compounded of Spanish and Dutch"
- 2. make (something bad) worse; intensify the negative aspects of: "I compounded the problem by trying to make wrong things right"