combine
1 of 3verb (1)
com·bine kəm-ˈbīn 
combined; combining
transitive verb
1
a
: to bring into such close relationship as to obscure individual characters : merge
two companies combining forces
b
: to cause to unite into a chemical compound
combining hydrofluoric acid with soda ash to form sodium fluoride
c
: to unite into a single number or expression
Combine fractions and simplify.
2
: intermix, blend
Combine the sugar and flour.
3
: to possess in combination
a writer whose works combine imagination and scholarship
intransitive verb
1
a
: to become one
The two newspapers combined as the Chronicle.
b
: to unite to form a chemical compound
2
: to act together
Many factors combined to cause the recession.
Wolves combine in their hunt for deer.
combinable
kəm-ˈbī-nə-bəl
adjective combiner noun
combine
2 of 3noun
com·bine ˈkäm-ˌbīn
plural combines
1
a
: a combination especially of business or political interests
… Grumman Corp. lost the advanced tactical aircraft contract to the combine of McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics.
George J. Church
George J. Church b
: an event at which scouts from the teams in a professional sports league gather to evaluate players in preparation for choosing which players to draft
a scouting combine
Every spring the National Football League conducts that most cherished of American rituals, the college draft. A couple of months before the event, prospective players show off their abilities in an athletic audition known as the combine. Carl Zimmer
Carl Zimmer2
: a harvesting machine that heads, threshes, and cleans grain while moving over a field
combine
3 of 3verb (2)
com·bine ˈkäm-ˌbīn
combined; combining
transitive verb
: to harvest with a combine
intransitive verb
: to combine a crop
Synonyms
Verb (1)
- associate
- coalesce
- conjoin
- conjugate
- connect
- couple
- fuse
- interfuse
- join
- link (up)
- marry
- unify
- unite
Noun
- cartel
- combination
- syndicate
- trust
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Example Sentences
Noun The teams belong to a combine that scouts new players. charged that the cable companies had formed an illegal combine for the purpose of keeping rates artificially high
Word History
Etymology
Verb (1) and Noun
Middle English, from Middle French combiner, from Late Latin combinare, from Latin com- + bini two by two — more at bin-
First Known Use
Verb (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
Noun
1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb (2)
1926, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
Phrases Containing combine
Kids Definition
combine 1 of 2
verb
com·bine käm-ˈbīn
combined; combining
1
: to mix together so as to make or to seem one thing
Combine the ingredients in a large bowl.
2
: to be or cause to be together for a purpose
The two groups combined to work for reform.
combine
2 of 2noun
com·bine ˈkäm-ˌbīn
1
: a union of persons or groups that work together to achieve a common goal
2
: a machine that harvests and threshes grain
Medical Definition
combine
verb
com·bine kəm-ˈbīn
combined; combining
transitive verb
: to cause to unite into a chemical compound
intransitive verb
: to unite to form a chemical compound
combinable
adjective
as in joinable
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- joinable
- indivisible
- inseparable
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- separable
- divisible
- detachable
- dissociable
- close price
- close quarters
- close ranks
- close reach
- close reading
- close reef
- close resemblance
- close score
- close shake
- close shave
- close shaves
- close shot
- close stretto
- close string
- close support
- close tail
- close the deal
- close the door
- close the door on
- close the gap
- close time
- close to
- close to home
- close to one's heart
- close to someone's heart