combine

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Middle French combiner, from Late Latin combinare (“to unite, yoke together”), from Latin com- (“together”) + bini (“two by two”)

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb

Noun

Verb [edit]

combine (third-person singular simple present combines, present participle combining, simple past and past participle combined)

  1. (transitive) To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
    Combine the milk and the hot water in a large bowl.
    I'm combining business and pleasure on this trip.
    • Dryden
      You with your foes combine, / And seem your own destruction to design.
    • Sir Walter Scott
      So sweet did harp and voice combine.
    • 2012 March 1, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 87: 
      Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.
  2. (transitive) 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. (intransitive) To come together; to unite.
    two substances that easily combine
  4. (card games) 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.

Derived terms [edit]

Translations [edit]

bring (two or more things or activities) together
have two or more things or properties that function together

Noun [edit]

combine (plural combines)

  1. A combine harvester
    We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud.
  2. A concern, consortium or syndicate.

Translations [edit]

combine harvester
Concern, consortium, syndicate

French [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Abbreviation of combinaison.

Noun [edit]

combine f (plural combines)

  1. (colloquial) trick, scheme

Etymology 2 [edit]

Inflected forms.

Verb [edit]

combine

  1. first-person singular present indicative of combiner
  2. third-person singular present indicative of combiner
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of combiner
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of combiner
  5. second-person singular imperative of combiner

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Portuguese [edit]

Verb [edit]

combine

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of combinar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of combinar
  3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of combinar
  4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of combinar

Spanish [edit]

Verb [edit]

combine (infinitive combinar)

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of combinar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of combinar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of combinar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of combinar.
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