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combine

verb · noun

Simple meaning

Add together from different sources.

Pronunciation

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kahmbyn

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ˈkɑmbaɪn

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Definition

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verb

  1. Add together from different sources

  2. transitive

    To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.

  3. Mix together different elements

  4. intransitive

    To come together; to unite.

  5. transitive

    To have two or more things or properties that function together.

  6. Put or add together

noun

  1. Ellipsis of combine car, a type of railway car that combines passenger and freight functions.

  2. An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.

  3. A farm machine that harvests, threshes, and winnows ripe grain.

  4. colloquial

    London Underground

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A2 · Elementary (estimated)
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

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Word Family

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Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • combinedadjectiveInflected form

    Made or joined or united into one.

  • combiningnounInflected form

    An occurrence that results in things being united.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • combinationnounDerived noun · specialist

    A collection of things that have been combined.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • combined dna index systemnounCompound term

    The DNA file maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

  • combined operationnounCompound term

    A military operation carried out cooperatively by two or more allied nations or a military operation carried out by coordination of sea, land, and air forces.

  • combining formnounCompound term

    A bound form used only in compounds.

  • combining weightnounCompound term

    The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.

  • severe combined immunodeficiencynounCompound term

    A congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes.

  • severe combined immunodeficiency diseasenounCompound term

    A congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes.

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Synonyms

Sense: add together from different sources

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