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combine
[ verb kuhm-bahyn kom-bahyn noun kom-bahyn, kuhm-bahyn kom-bahyn ]
verb (used with object)
- to bring into or join in a close union or whole; unite:
She combined the ingredients to make the cake.
They combined the two companies.
Synonyms: amalgamate, compound
Antonyms: separate
- to possess or exhibit in union:
a plan that combines the best features of several other plans.
- to harvest (grain) with a combine.
verb (used without object)
- to unite; coalesce:
The clay combined with the water to form a thick paste.
Antonyms: separate
- to unite for a common purpose; join forces:
After the two factions combined, they proved invincible.
- to enter into chemical union.
- to use a combine in harvesting.
noun
- a combination.
- a combination of persons or groups for the furtherance of their political, commercial, or other interests, as a syndicate, cartel, or trust.
- a harvesting machine for cutting and threshing grain in the field.
combine
verb
- to integrate or cause to be integrated; join together
- to unite or cause to unite to form a chemical compound
- agriculture to harvest (crops) with a combine harvester
noun
- agriculture short for combine harvester
- an association of enterprises, esp in order to gain a monopoly of a market
- an association of business corporations, political parties, sporting clubs, etc, for a common purpose
Derived Forms
- comˌbinaˈbility, noun
- comˈbiner, noun
- comˈbinable, adjective
Other Words From
- com·biner noun
- inter·com·bine verb (used with object) intercombined intercombining
- noncom·bining adjective
- precom·bine verb precombined precombining
- recom·bine verb recombined recombining
- recom·biner noun
- uncom·bining adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of combine1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
This is a testament to the fundamental human—and American—desire to combine place and possibility.
Combine the beans and onion sauce in a 9x9-inch casserole dish and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
Combine the cold butter and flour in the bowl of a food processor.
Add chocolate and butter to the bowl and melt, stirring to combine.
Then they would go to a hotel afterwards and combine the parts they had remembered in one sketch.
Those stains which are dissolved in methyl-alcohol combine fixation with the staining process.
They combine the fixing with the staining process, and stain differentially every normal and abnormal structure in the blood.
The manufacturers of these pipes claim for them that they combine the strength of steel with the lightness of paper.
Lets combine a flying machine with an iceboat and beat out everybody on the lake this winter!
Wisdom and experience combine in suggesting to all parents that they should guide their children, and not be governed by them.
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