compound adjective
com·pound
The adjective form of compound is compoundable
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- adjective compound Compound is used to indicate that something consists of two or more parts or things. 3
- adjective compound In grammar, a compound noun, adjective, or verb is one that is made up of two or more words, for example 'fire engine', 'bottle-green', and 'force-feed'. 3
- adjective compound In grammar, a compound sentence is one that is made up of two or more main clauses. Compare complex. 3
- adjective compound composed of or created by the combination of two or more parts, elements, etc 3
- adjective compound (of a word) consisting of elements that are also words or productive combining forms 3
- adjective compound (of a sentence) formed by coordination of two or more sentences 3
- adjective compound (of a verb or the tense, mood, etc, of a verb) formed by using an auxiliary verb in addition to the main verb 3
- adjective compound denoting a time in which the number of beats per bar is a multiple of three 3
- adjective compound (of an interval) greater than an octave 3
- adjective compound (of a steam engine, turbine, etc) having multiple stages in which the steam or working fluid from one stage is used in a subsequent stage 3
- adjective compound (of a piston engine) having a turbocharger powered by a turbine in the exhaust stream 3
- adjective compound made of two or more separate parts or elements 3
- adjective compound composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients: Soap is a compound substance. 1
- adjective compound having or involving two or more actions or functions: The mouth is a compound organ. 1
- adjective compound Grammar. of or relating to a compound sentence or compound-complex sentence. 1
- adjective compound consisting of two or more parts that are also bases, forming a compound noun, compound adjective, compound verb, or compound preposition, as housetop, many-sided, playact, or upon. consisting of any two or more parts that have identifiable meaning, as a base and a noninflectional affix (return, follower), a base and a combining form (biochemistry), two combining forms (ethnography), or a combining form and a noninflectional affix (aviary, dentoid). 1
- adjective compound (of a verb tense) consisting of an auxiliary verb and a main verb, as are swimming, have spoken, or will write (opposed to simple). 1
- adjective compound Botany. composed of several similar parts that combine to form a whole: a compound fruit. 1
- adjective compound Zoology. composed of a number of distinct individuals that are connected to form a united whole or colony, as coral. 1
- adjective compound Music. of or relating to compound time. 1
- adjective compound Machinery. noting an engine or turbine expanding the same steam or the like in two successive chambers to do work at two ranges of pressure. 1
- adjective compound word: made up of two words 1
- adjective compound composed of elements; not simple. 0
- adjective compound (music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth). 0