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What does compound mean?

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Noun
  1. an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined
  2. a group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices
Adjective
  1. composed of elements; not simple
  2. (music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
Noun
  1. Anything made by combining several things.
  2. (chemistry) A substance made from any combination elements.
  3. (chemistry) A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight.
  4. (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem; compound word; for example laptop, formed from lap and top.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.
  2. (transitive) To assemble (ingredients) into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
  3. (transitive) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
  4. (transitive, law) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
  5. (transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise.
  6. (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.
  7. (transitive, obsolete) To compose; to constitute.
  8. (transitive) To worsen a situation
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