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combine
/kəmˈbaɪn/
verb 5noun 5name 1
Collocations
3(verb.)
ADV
successfully
The chef successfully combined traditional recipes with modern cooking techniques to create the new menu.
PREP
against
Several small businesses combined against the large supermarket to protect their local market share.
with
She combined her love of music with her talent for dancing to become a professional performer.
Definitions
verb
1
To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
Combine the milk and the hot water in a large bowl.
I'm combining business and pleasure on this trip.
2
To have two or more things or properties that function together.
Joe combines the intelligence of a rock with the honesty of a politician.
3
To come together; to unite.
two substances that easily combine
You with your foes combine, / And seem your own destruction to design.
4
In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.
5
To bind; to hold by a moral tie.
I am combined by a sacred vow.
noun
1
Ellipsis of combine harvester.
We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud.
When those combine wheels stops turnin' And the hard days work is done Theres a pub around the corner It's the place we 'ave our fun
2
A combination.
The telecom companies were accused of having formed an illegal combine in order to hike up the network charges.
[In the decades before the First World War] In the USA and Germany in particular, huge manufacturing combines were being created and were developing a very powerful economic and increasingly political presence at home and on international markets.
3
A combination.
His grandmother worked in the stamping plant of the sheet and tin combine.
4
A combination.
5
Ellipsis of combine car, a type of railway car that combines passenger and freight functions.
name
1
London Underground
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — an occurrence that results in things being united
verb — put or add together
verb — gather in a mass, sum, or whole
verb — combine so as to form a whole
verb — have or possess in combination
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Combine the milk and the hot water in a large bowl.
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I'm combining business and pleasure on this trip.
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Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.
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We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud.
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When those combine wheels stops turnin' And the hard days work is done Theres a pub around the corner It's the place we 'ave our fun
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The telecom companies were accused of having formed an illegal combine in order to hike up the network charges.
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