EGAVE

combine

About 12.48 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
    Combine the milk and the hot water in a large bowl.
  2. verb 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. verb To come together; to unite.
    two substances that easily combine
  4. verb 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.
  5. verb To bind; to hold by a moral tie.
  6. noun Ellipsis of combine harvester.
    We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud.
  7. noun 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.
  8. noun 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.

Similar words

merge combination coalesce conflate meld unite aggregate commingle blend immix

Often followed by

the to with in a all them these and

Word family

combinable combined combiner combiners combines combining

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