combine.
To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
Meaning & usage
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.
To have two or more things or properties that function together.
Joe combines the intelligence of a rock with the honesty of a politician.
To come together; to unite.
two substances that easily combine
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.
To bind; to hold by a moral tie.
Where this word comes from
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”).
Ellipsis of combine harvester.
We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud.
A combination. Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes with monopolistic or fraudulent intentions.
The telecom companies were accused of having formed an illegal combine in order to hike up the network charges.
A combination. An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.
His grandmother worked in the stamping plant of the sheet and tin combine.
A combination. An artwork falling between painting and sculpture, having objects embedded into a painted surface.
Ellipsis of combine car, a type of railway car that combines passenger and freight functions.
A test match in which applicants play in the hope of earning a position on a professional football team.
Where this word comes from
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”).
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