compound

In a sentence

Six example sentences with compound, each labelled with its topic.

• A dragonfly's compound eye holds thousands of separate lenses, each aimed at a slightly different patch of sky.

  Science

• The roof uses a compound curve, bending in two directions at once, so every panel had to be pressed individually.

  Architecture

• German writers favor compound nouns, stacking three or four words together to name something no single English word covers.

  Literature

• Squats and deadlifts are compound lifts, working several joints at once, so the program puts them before any isolation exercise.

  Fitness

• A modern zoom is a compound lens, stacking a dozen glass elements so that each one corrects the flaws of the last.

  Photography

• Six-eight is a compound meter, with each of its two beats split into three, which is why jigs feel like they skip.

  Music

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains compound. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

More Academic words

• occur
• processing
• consequently
• mental
• partial
• alternative
• approach
• minority
• registration
• evident
• security
• volunteer