compound
adjective
composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients.
has been compounding
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present perfect progressiveof compound (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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In a bank vault somewhere, a down payment on a dream has been compounding for 26 years.
From Golf Digest ● May 6, 2020
And I venture to propose that Your Majesty should announce that a great alchemist has been compounding a potion to relieve their blindness.
From The Sunny Side by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne
