compounding
Meaning of compounding
- make up (a composite whole); constitute.
a dialect compounded of Spanish and Dutch
- make (something bad) worse; intensify the negative aspects of.
prisoners' lack of contact with the outside world compounds their problems
- forbear from prosecuting (a felony) in exchange for money or other consideration.
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 . compound1 (sense 2 of the verb) 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 compound in legal contexts to mean ‘make something bad worse’, which then became accepted in general usage.
Information about compounding
- It is a verb.
- Languages in which compounding is used:
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Hyphenation of compounding
com-pound-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- compounding is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
compounding synonyms
Meaning combination:
Meaning make (a problem, injury, or offence) worse or more serious:
Meaning make or become worse:
Meaning make (something) greater by adding to it; increase:
Meaning make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse:
Meaning become or make more intense:
Meaning make or become more intense:
Meaning become or make greater in size, amount, or degree:
Meaning make (something) appear larger than it is, especially with a lens or microscope:
Meaning make (something) more complicated:
compounding antonyms
Meaning make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe:
Meaning make or become better:
Words that rhyme with compounding
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