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What is compounding​

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verb

gerund or present participle: compounding

/kəmˈpound,ˈkämˌpound/

1.

make up (a composite whole); constitute.

"a dialect compounded of Spanish and Dutch"

synonyms: be composed of, be made up of, be constituted of, be formed from

"a smell compounded of dust and mold"

2.

make (something bad) worse; intensify the negative aspects of.

"I compounded the problem by trying to make wrong things right"

synonyms: aggravate, worsen, make worse, add to, augment, exacerbate, intensify, heighten, increase, magnify;

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