combined
noun · adjective
Simple meaning
An event in which individual skiers take part in runs on a cross-country skiing course and a ski jumping hill.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
kəmˈbaɪnd
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
skiing
An event in which individual skiers take part in runs on a cross-country skiing course and a ski jumping hill.
skiing
An event in alpine skiing which combines runs on a downhill skiing course and a slalom course, for individual skiers.
adjective
Resulting from the addition of several sources, parts, elements, aspects, etc. united together.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A2 · Elementary
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
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This meaning: (skiing) An event in which individual skiers take part in runs on a cross-country skiing course and a ski jumping hill.
Used this way, combined is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use combined
- “We combined our efforts to finish the project on time.”noun
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
Related forms, grouped by how they connect.
Inflected forms
Grammatical variations of the same word.
Have or possess in combination.
Word family
Words built from the same root.
A collection of things that have been combined.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
The DNA file maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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.
A congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes.
A congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes.
More about this wordSynonyms, forms, origin
Synonyms
Sense: resulting from the addition of several sources or parts
Antonyms
Sense: resulting from the addition of several sources or parts
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