[ˈkɒmpaʊnd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture
(e.g: the air smelled like a compound of diesel and petrol fumes)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English compoune (verb), from Old French compoun-, present tense stem of compondre, from Latin componere ‘put together’. The final -d was added in the 16th century on the pattern of expound and propound. compound arose through a misinterpretation of the legal phrase compound a felony, which means ‘refrain from prosecuting a felony in exchange for money or other consideration’. This led to the use of in legal contexts to mean ‘make something bad worse’, which then became accepted in general usage

[ˈkɒmpaʊnd], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- made up or consisting of several parts or elements
(e.g: a compound noun)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English compoune (verb), from Old French compoun-, present tense stem of compondre, from Latin componere ‘put together’. The final -d was added in the 16th century on the pattern of expound and propound. compound arose through a misinterpretation of the legal phrase compound a felony, which means ‘refrain from prosecuting a felony in exchange for money or other consideration’. This led to the use of in legal contexts to mean ‘make something bad worse’, which then became accepted in general usage

[kəmˈpaʊnd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make up (a composite whole); constitute
(e.g: a dialect compounded of Spanish and Dutch)

- make (something bad) worse; intensify the negative aspects of
(e.g: prisoners' lack of contact with the outside world compounds their problems)

- forbear from prosecuting (a felony) in exchange for money or other consideration


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English compoune (verb), from Old French compoun-, present tense stem of compondre, from Latin componere ‘put together’. The final -d was added in the 16th century on the pattern of expound and propound. compound arose through a misinterpretation of the legal phrase compound a felony, which means ‘refrain from prosecuting a felony in exchange for money or other consideration’. This led to the use of in legal contexts to mean ‘make something bad worse’, which then became accepted in general usage

[ˈkɒmpaʊnd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an open area enclosed by a fence, for example around a factory or large house or within a prison
(e.g: the entrance is located slightly to the south of the main compound)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 17th century (referring to such an area in SE Asia): from Portuguese campon or Dutch kampoeng, from Malay kampong ‘enclosure, hamlet’; compare with kampong