Well, honey, you must have skipped English class that day. Yes, "hibernate" is indeed a compound word. It's made up of "hiber-" meaning winter, and "-nate" meaning to spend. So next time someone asks you, you can confidently say, "Yes, hibernate is a compound word."
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There are three syllables in the word "hibernate" (hi-ber-nate).
No, the word 'hibernate' is not a noun. The word 'hibernate' is a verb, meaning to pass the winter in a sleeping or resting state; to be in an inactive or dormant state or period; a word for an action. The noun forms of the verb to hibernate are hibernator, hibernation, and the gerund, hibernating.
The contraction (not a compound word) is doesn't.
The word respectful is not a compound word.
No, "nearby" is not a compound word. It is a single word formed by combining "near" and "by."