Compound
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See: Compound Content Word, Chemical Compound, Compound Experiment, Compound Task, Complex, Elementary.
References
- (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=compound
- S: (n) compound (a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts)
- S: (n) compound, chemical compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)
- S: (n) compound (an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient))
- S: (v) intensify, compound, heighten, deepen (make more intense, stronger, or more marked) "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
- S: (v) compound, combine (put or add together) "combine resources"
- S: (v) compound (calculate principal and interest)
- S: (v) compound (create by mixing or combining)
- S: (v) compound, combine (combine so as to form a whole; mix) "compound the ingredients"
- S: (adj) compound (composed of more than one part) "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads"
- S: (adj) compound (consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts) "soap is a compound substance"; "housetop is a compound word"; "a blackberry is a compound fruit"
- S: (adj) colonial, compound (composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony) "coral is a colonial organism"
- http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/compound#Noun_2
- 1. anything made by combining several things
- 2. (chemistry) a substance made from the chemical combination of elements
- 3. (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more then one stem; for example laptop, formed from lap and top.
2008
- (Crystal, 2008) ⇒ David Crystal. (2008). “A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, 6th edition." Blackwell Publishing.
- compound (n.) A term used widely in DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTIC studies to refer to a linguistic UNIT which is composed of ELEMENTS that function independently in other circumstances. Of particular currency are the notions of compound found in 'compound WORDS' (consisting of two or more free MORPHEMES, as in such 'compound NOUNS' as bedroom, rainfall, and washing machine) and 'compound SENTENCES' (consisting of two or more main CLAUSES); but other application of the term exist, as in 'compound VERBS' (e.g. come in), 'compound TENSES' (those consisting of an AUXILIARY + LEXICAL verb), 'compound SUBJECTS/OBJECTS', etc. (where the clause elements consist of more than one noun PHRASE or PRONOUN, as in the boys and the girls shouted) and 'compound PREPOSITIONS' (e.g. in accordance with). See also BAHAVRUIHI, DVANDVA.