COMPOUND - Meaning and Pronunciation

How to pronounce compound?

This video provides examples of American English pronunciations of compound by male and female speakers.
In addition, it explains the meaning of compound through a dictionary definition and several visual examples.

IPA Transcription of compound is /kˈɑmpaʊnd/.

Definition of compound according to Wiktionary:
compound can be a noun, an adjective or a verb

As a noun compound can mean:
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.
6. A lexeme that consists of more than one stem; compound word; for example laptop, formed from lap and top.
7. A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.

As an adjective compound can mean:
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).

As a verb compound can mean:
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.
6. To come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.
7. To compose; to constitute.
8. To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
9. To worsen a situation.
10. Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.



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