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compound
English
Etymology 1
Possibly from Malay kampong, kampung (“group of buildings, village”), via Dutch or Portuguese .
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?mpa?nd/
- (US) enPR: k?m'pound, IPA(key): /?k?mpa?nd/
Noun
compound (plural compounds)
- An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined
- An enclosure for secure storage.
- A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices
Synonyms
- (enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined): gaol/jail, pen, pound, prison
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English compounen, from Middle French componre, compondre (“to put together”), from Latin compon?, from Latin com- (“together”) + pon? (“to put”).
Pronunciation
- adj. and noun (UK) IPA(key): /?k?mpa?nd/
- adj. and noun (US) enPR: k?m'pound, IPA(key): /?k?mpa?nd/
- verb (US, UK) enPR: k?mpound', IPA(key): /k?m?pa?nd/
- Rhymes: -a?nd
Adjective
compound (not comparable)
- composed of elements; not simple
- a compound word
- 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard
- Compound substances are made up of two or more simple substances.
- (mathematics) dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process
- compound addition; compound proportion
- (music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
Synonyms
- (composed of elements): composite
Antonyms
- (composed of elements): simple
Derived terms
- compound chocolate
- compound interest
- compound leaf
- compoundly
Translations
Noun
compound (plural compounds)
- Anything made by combining several things.
- (chemistry, dated) A substance made from any combination elements.
- (chemistry) A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight.
- (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem; compound word; for example laptop, formed from lap and top.
- (rail transport) a compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
Synonyms
- (anything made by combining several things): amalgam, blend, combination, composite, mix, mixture
- (word): compound word
Hyponyms
- (word): closed compound, hyphenated compound, open compound
- (chemistry): chemical compound
Translations
Verb
compound (third-person singular simple present compounds, present participle compounding, simple past and past participle compounded)
- (transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.
- to compound a medicine
- (transitive) To assemble (ingredients) into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
- We have the power of altering […] and compounding those images […] into all the varieties of picture.
- (transitive) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
- (transitive, law) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
- to compound a debt
- (transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise.
- (intransitive) 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.
- 1602, Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall
- [Cornwall] compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds.
- Compound for sins they are inclined to / By damning those they have no mind to.
- 1602, Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall
- (transitive, obsolete) To compose; to constitute.
- (intransitive, finance) To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
- (transitive) To worsen a situation.
- (horse racing, intransitive) Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.
- 1855, The Sporting Review (volume 34, page 240)
- At the hill, the Warrior must have been at least ten lengths in front of Wild Dayrell; but he compounded about 200 yards on the T. Y. C. side of the Red House.
- 1855, The Sporting Review (volume 34, page 240)
Usage notes
The usage in sense 9 above, “to worsen a situation” is widespread but not wholly accepted. The original meaning of the word (see senses 4, 5 and 6 above) implies resolution of a problem, not worsening. It has been suggested (Fraser 1973) that the reverse usage arose by confusion with phrases such as compound interest.
Synonyms
- (to come to terms of agreement): agree
- (to put together): assemble, blend, combine, join, join together, mix, put together, unite
- (to add to): augment, increase
- (law: to settle by agreeing on less than the claim): settle
- (to compose): form, make up; see also Thesaurus:compose
Derived terms
- compoundable
Translations
References
Further reading
- Compound in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
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specie
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spi??i/
Etymology 1
Originally in the phrase in specie; from Latin speci?, ablative singular of species. Compare payment in kind.
Noun
specie (uncountable)
- Type or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie.
- Money, especially in the form of coins made from precious metal, that has an intrinsic value; coinage.
- 1830, Joseph Plumb Martin, A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier, Ch. IX:
- I received one month's pay in specie while on the march to Virginia, in the year 1781, and except that, I never received any pay worth the name while I belonged to the army.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 805:
- ‘It was not money or specie he thought himself hunting!’
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 8:
- “Dick” Counterfly had absquatulated swiftly into the night, leaving his son with only a pocketful of specie and the tender admonition, “Got to ‘scram,’ kid — write if you get work.”
- 1830, Joseph Plumb Martin, A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier, Ch. IX:
Translations
See also
- payment in kind
Etymology 2
Back-formation from species (plural), the final “s” being misinterpreted as a plural ending.
Noun
specie (plural species)
- (proscribed) singular of species
Usage notes
- Although in wide use, this is universally considered by prescriptive references to be an error.
Anagrams
- pieces
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin speci?s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spe?.si/
- Hyphenation: spe?cie
- Rhymes: -e?si
Noun
specie f (plural speciën or species)
- mortar (in sense of mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
- Synonyms: metselspecie, mortel
- coinage, specie, coins
- material used in casting
Derived terms
- metselspecie
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin speci?s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sp?.t??e/
- Rhymes: -?t?e
- Hyphenation: spè?cie
Adverb
specie
- especially, particularly
Derived terms
- fare specie (“to amaze, shock”)
Noun
specie f (invariable)
- kind, type, sort
- (biology) species, strain, breed
- (taxonomy) species
Related terms
- cronospecie
- speciale
- speciazione
- specifico
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?spe.ki.e?/, [?s?p?kie?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?spe.t??i.e/, [?sp??t??i?]
Noun
speci?
- ablative singular of speci?s
Preposition
speci?
- Under the pretext of. Under the guise of.
References
- specie in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin speci?s.
Noun
specie f (plural specii)
- (biology) species
- kind, type, sort
See also
- gen
- tip
- fel
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