Definitions for combine
kəmˈbaɪn for 1, 2, 6 , ˈkɒm baɪn for 3, 7 ; n. ˈkɒm baɪncom·bine

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. combinenoun

   harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field

2. trust, corporate trust, combine, cartelnoun

   a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service

   "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly"

3. combining, combineverb

   an occurrence that results in things being united

4. unite, combineverb

   have or possess in combination

   "she unites charm with a good business sense"

5. compound, combineverb

   put or add together

   "combine resources"

6. compound, combineverb

   combine so as to form a whole; mix

   "compound the ingredients"

7. combineverb

   add together from different sources

   "combine resources"

8. combineverb

   join for a common purpose or in a common action

   "These forces combined with others"

9. aggregate, combineverb

   gather in a mass, sum, or whole

10. blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, mergeverb

    mix together different elements

    "The colors blend well"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. combinenoun

   A combine harvester

   We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud.

2. combinenoun

   A concern, consortium or syndicate.

3. combineverb

   to bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite

4. combineverb

   to have two or more things or properties that function together

5. Combinenoun

   London Underground

6. Etymology: From combine, referring to the merger and purchase of various underground railway, tram and bus companies in London, combining them into one organisation. Originally applied to Underground Electric Railways of London Company Ltd, since used for successor organisations.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. To COMBINEverb

   Etymology: combiner, Fr. binos jungere.

   1. To join together.

   Let us not then suspect our happy state,
   As not secure to single or combin’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   2. To link in union.

   God, the best maker of all marriages,
   Combine your hearts in one, your realms in one. William Shakespeare, H. V.

   3. To agree; to accord; to settle by compact.

   My heart’s dear love is set on his fair daughter;
   As mine on her’s, so her’s is set on mine,
   And all combin’d, save what thou must combine
   By holy marriage. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.

   4. To join words or ideas together; opposed to analyse.

2. To Combineverb

   1. To coalesce; to unite each with other. Used both of things and persons.

   Honour and policy, like unsever’d friends
   I’ th’ war, do grow together: grant that, and tell me
   In peace what each of them by th’ other loses,
   That they combine not there? William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   2. To unite in friendship or design.

   Combine together ’gainst the enemy;
   For these domestick and particular broils
   Are not the question here. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   You with your foes combine,
   And seem your own destruction to design. John Dryden, Aurengz.

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

1. Combineverb

   to unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous substance, as by chemical union

2. Combineverb

   to bind; to hold by a moral tie

3. Combineverb

   to form a union; to agree; to coalesce; to confederate

4. Combineverb

   to unite by affinity or natural attraction; as, two substances, which will not combine of themselves, may be made to combine by the intervention of a third

5. Combineverb

   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

6. Etymology: [LL. combinare, combinatum; L. com- + binus, pl. bini, two and two, double: cf. F. combiner. See Binary.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Combine

   The Combine is a multidimensional empire, which serves as the primary antagonistic force in the Half-Life video game series, developed by Valve Corporation. The Combine consist of alien, synthetic, and human elements, and dominate Earth. They are regularly encountered throughout Half-Life 2 and its episodic expansions as hostile non-player characters as the player progresses through the games in an effort to overthrow the Combine occupation of Earth. The Combine are frequently shown as harsh rulers over the citizens of Earth, suppressing dissent with brutality, policing using violence and using invasive surgery to transform humans into either soldiers or slaves. Throughout the games, the player primarily battles with transformed humans as well as synthetic and mechanical enemies that are the product of Combine technology. The atmosphere generated by the dystopian Combine state has been praised by reviewers, although the artificial intelligence of the transhuman Combine characters was thought to be inferior to that of other characters in Half-Life 2. In addition to their role within the Half-Life series, the Combine have been adapted for machinima productions and one Combine character type has been made into plush toys by Valve.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Combine

   kom-bīn′, v.t. to join two together: to unite intimately.—v.i. to come into close union: to co-operate: (chem.) to unite and form a new compound.—n. a trading syndicate, a trust.—adj. Com′binate, combined: betrothed.—ns. Combinā′tion, the act of combining: union of individual things: persons united for a purpose; Combinā′tion-room, the college-parlour at Cambridge, for the fellows of a college after dinner, a common-room.—n.pl. Combinā′tions, a women's and children's garment consisting of chemise and drawers combined.—adjs. Com′binātive; Combī′natory; Combined′; Combin′ing. [L. combināre, to join—com, together, and bini, two and two.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. combine

   To blend.

   A wedding combines two people and their families fir life.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 1, 2020  

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   combine

   To unite.

   They did combine love, understanding, peace and joy to create harmony.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 10, 2020  

Etymology and Origins(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Combine

   An Americanism for “Combination.” Applied in a financial or commercial sense, this term is now well understood in our own country.

Matched Categories

1. • Add
   • Amalgamate
   • Contribute
   • Harvester
   • Interact
   • Mix

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'combine' in Verbs Frequency: #347

How to pronounce combine?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of combine in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of combine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of combine in a Sentence

1. Harald Haas:

   All we would need to do is to fit a small microchip to every potential illumination device. And this would then combine two basic functionalities: illumination and wireless data transmission, and it's this symbiosis that I personally believe could solve the four essential problems that face us in wireless communication these days. And in the future, you would not only have 14 billion light bulbs, you may have 14 billion Li-Fis deployed worldwide -- for a cleaner, a greener, and even a brighter future.

2. Patrick Murray:

   Once again, the three candidates who have never held political office combine for a majority of support in a GOP primary poll, this race has turned into the 'Festivus' campaign.

3. David Carter:

   Combine this with trends in sports news consumption, including popular niche websites and social media, and newspaper reporting finds itself being on the brink.

4. Akira Furusawa:

   Usually there are two types of quantum information processing, there's the qubit type, the digital information processing, and there's continuous variable, a sort of analog type of quantum information. We are trying to combine them.

5. Christian Gerzabek:

   There are no tourists, there is no business at all, and therefore they're all at home. But the horses still need to move around, my idea was to combine the practical with something good for people who need it... It's also a bit of a signal that despite all this we are here for people and glad to do our bit.

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