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Compounding

To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.

📖 Definitions of "Compounding"

verb

1
To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.
"to compound a medicine"
2
To assemble (ingredients) into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
3
To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
4
To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
"to compound a debt"

noun

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
combinationnoun	The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.
combiningnoun	The act by which things are combined or brought together.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
combinationnoun	The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.
combiningnoun	The act by which things are combined or brought together.
cumulative	Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.
compositionnoun	A work of music, literature or art.
accumulationnoun	The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
compositenoun	Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
readinessnoun	The state or degree of being ready; preparedness.
prepareverb	(transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip; to forearm.
preparednessnoun	The state of being prepared.
prepared	(followed by the preposition to) Disposed, willing, ready (to do something).
preparationnoun	(uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.
blendingnoun	The act or result of something being blended.
blendnoun	A mixture of two or more things.
mixingnoun	The act, or the result of making a mixture.
mixnoun	(ambitransitive) To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts.
mixturenoun	Something produced by mixing.
preparatory	Of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative.
membershipnoun	The state of being a member of a group or organization.
melangenoun	A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
preparingnoun	preparation