how to pronounce compound

/ˈkɑːmpaʊnd/

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compound is pronounced in two syllables

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video examples of compound pronunciation

An example use of compound in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… there's no chemical compound in that I …”

meaning of compound

Compound means a combination of two or more words.

compound frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word compound occurs in english on average 7.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics compound can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that compound can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;