combine
//kəmˈbaɪn//
Forms
- present (v1)
- combine
- past (v2)
- combined
- past participle (v3)
- combined
- present participle
- combining
- 3rd person singular
- combines
- Plural
- combines
Definitions
1.To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
- I'm combining business and pleasure on this trip.
- Combine the milk and the hot water in a large bowl.
- 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.
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.
- So sweet did harp and voice 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.
1.A combination.
- His grandmother worked in the stamping plant of the sheet and tin combine.
- The telecom companies were accused of having formed an illegal combine in order to hike up the network charges.
2.A test match in which applicants play in the hope of earning a position on a professional football team.
- If you purchased this book chances are that you are planning on participating in a football combine or pro-day test.
- In 2008, a study was published that examined the ability of the NFL combine to predict football playing performance in the NFL (Kuzmits and Adams, 2008).
3.Ellipsis of combine harvester.
- We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud.
4.Ellipsis of combine car, a type of railway car that combines passenger and freight functions.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1707
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English combynyn, from Middle French combiner, from Late Latin combīnāre (“unite, yoke together”), from Latin con- (“together”) + bīnī (“two by two”).