COMPOUNDING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of combining things to form a new whole

Synonyms:

combination; combining; compounding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("compounding" is a kind of...):

change of integrity (the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "compounding"):

affixation; attachment (the act of attaching or affixing something)

confusion (an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended)

fusion (the act of fusing (or melting) together)

blend; blending (the act of blending components together thoroughly)

interspersal; interspersion (the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things)

temperance (the act of tempering)

conjugation; jointure; unification; union; uniting (the act of making or becoming a single unit)

consolidation; integration (the act of combining into an integral whole)

Derivation:

compound (put or add together)

compound (combine so as to form a whole; mix)

compound (create by mixing or combining)

-ing form of the verb compound