combine
Pronunciation: /kəmˈbaɪn/
The English word “combine” has 9 meanings listed here.
verb
- To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
- To have two or more things or properties that function together.
- To come together; to unite.
- 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.
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.
- An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.
- An artwork falling between painting and sculpture, having objects embedded into a painted surface.
- A test match in which applicants play in the hope of earning a position on a professional football team.
Etymology
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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