Definitions for combination
ˌkɒm bəˈneɪ ʃəncom·bi·na·tion

Princeton's WordNet(4.17 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. combination(noun)

   a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities

2. combination(noun)

   a coordinated sequence of chess moves

3. combination(noun)

   a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock

   "he forgot the combination to the safe"

4. combination(noun)

   a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose

   "they were a winning combination"

5. combination(noun)

   an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes)

6. combination(noun)

   the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order

7. combination, combining, compounding(noun)

   the act of combining things to form a new whole

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. combination(Noun)

   The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.

2. combination(Noun)

   A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock.

3. combination(Noun)

   One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.

4. combination(Noun)

   An association or alliance of people for some common purpose.

5. combination(Noun)

   A combination shot; a billiard; a shot where the cue ball hits a ball that strikes another ball on the table.

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Combination(noun)

   the act or process of combining or uniting persons and things

2. Combination(noun)

   the result of combining or uniting; union of persons or things; esp. a union or alliance of persons or states to effect some purpose; -- usually in a bad sense

3. Combination(noun)

   the act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds

4. Combination(noun)

   the different arrangements of a number of objects, as letters, into groups

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1. Combination

   In mathematics a combination is a way of selecting several things out of a larger group, where order does not matter. In smaller cases it is possible to count the number of combinations. For example given three fruit, say an apple, orange and pear, there are three combinations of two that can be drawn from this set: an apple and a pear; an apple and an orange; or a pear and an orange. More formally a k-combination of a set S is a subset of k distinct elements of S. If the set has n elements the number of k-combinations is equal to the binomial coefficient which can be written using factorials as whenever, and which is zero when . The set of all k-combinations of a set S is sometimes denoted by . Combinations can refer to the combination of n things taken k at a time without or with repetitions. In the above example repetitions were not allowed. If however it was possible to have two of any one kind of fruit there would be 3 more combinations: one with two apples, one with two oranges, and one with two pears. With large sets, it becomes necessary to use more sophisticated mathematics to find the number of combinations. For example, a poker hand can be described as a 5-combination of cards from a 52 card deck. The 5 cards of the hand are all distinct, and the order of cards in the hand does not matter. There are 2,598,960 such combinations, and the chance of drawing any one hand at random is 1 / 2,598,960.

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1. combination

   To combine into a whole.

   There are a perfect combination of personalities and it is such joyful news to know they are getting married.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 17, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'combination' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2275

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'combination' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4319

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'combination' in Nouns Frequency: #861

How to pronounce combination?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say combination in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of combination in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of combination in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of combination in a Sentence

1. Hayley Mills:

   I was told two years ago that there was no sign of cancer anymore, and I don’t think I can put into words how that news made me feel, every year I have a full scan and check-up, and I truly believe it’s a combination of everything I did – surgery, chemo, alternative treatment – and the love of my family that helped.

2. Francesca Rosella:

   Inside the shirt - that by the way is completely textiles, there are no wires inside, so we're only using smart fabrics - we have a combination of microelectronics ... very thin and flexible, and conductive fabrics, all these little electronic motors are connected with these conductive fabrics so that the garment is soft and stretchable.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   I was on the way to winning until a combination of Jim Comey's letter on October 28 and Russian WikiLeaks raised doubts in the minds of people who were inclined to vote for me and got scared off. And the evidence for that intervening event is I think compelling, persuasive and so we overcame a lot in the campaign.

4. Theo Henrar:

   In combination with carbon capture and storage we would increase our CO2 reductions up to 80 percent.

5. Director Christine Lagarde:

   The G20 I think, is going to have to focus on spillovers, on spillbacks and on the combination of various policies in play at the moment.

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