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Word: compound (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • composed of elements; not simple
  • music This changes the meaning of an interval so that it is an octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).

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Noun:

  • anything made by combining several things
  • a group of buildings situated close together, eg. for a school or block of offices
  • an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined
  • chemistry a substance made from the chemical combination of elements
  • laptop, formed from lap and top.

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Verb:

  • intransitive to come to terms of agreement
  • transitive|legal to settle by agreeing on less than the claim
  • intransitive to come together
  • transitive to add to
  • transitive to put together

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