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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
k m
baIn
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| inflections: |
combines, combining, combined |
| definition: |
to bring or join together, as into a whole.
When you make bread, you first combine the flour and the salt.We're combining a number of music students from each school to form an all-city concert band.- synonyms:
- amalgamate, blend, compound, consolidate, join, merge, mix, unite
- antonyms:
- dissociate, dissolve, isolate, separate
- similar words:
- admix, ally, band, bond, coalesce, conglomerate, conjoin, connect, coordinate, group, incorporate, jumble, lump, mingle, scramble, unify, weld
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| related words: |
add, affiliate, alloy, annex, associate, bracket, compact, compile, compose, knit, match, meld, package, pair, weave |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
km
baIn
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| definition 1: |
to unite.
These two small colleges are combining into one school next fall.When blue and yellow combine, they make green.- synonyms:
- amalgamate, merge, unite
- antonyms:
- disband, dissolve, divide, separate
- similar words:
- aggregate, associate, blend, coalesce, connect, consolidate, join, league, marry, mingle, wed
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| definition 2: |
to join forces in a common undertaking.
The two armies combined to defeat their common enemy.- synonyms:
- ally, associate, merge, unite
- antonyms:
- divide
- similar words:
- band, coalesce, concur, conjoin, consolidate, incorporate, join, league, team
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| definition 3: |
in chemistry, to form a compound.
Hydrogen combines with oxygen to form the water molecule.- synonyms:
- compound
- antonyms:
- dissociate
- similar words:
- mix
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| related words: |
bond, coordinate, merge, organize |
adverb + (v.)combine
gently, thoroughly
(v.)combine
+ noun
almond,
apple,
basil,
batter,
bean,
beef,
bread,
broth,
butter,
buttermilk,
carrot,
cheese,
chicken,
chocolate,
cinnamon,
cocoa,
corn,
cornmeal,
cornstarch,
cream,
crumb,
cucumber,
cumin,
cup,
egg,
element,
flavor,
flour,
garlic,
ginger,
herb,
honey,
hydrogen,
ingredient,
juice,
lemon,
lime,
mayonnaise,
milk,
mix,
mixture,
mustard,
oats,
oil,
onion,
orange,
ounce,
oxygen,
parsley,
pasta,
peanut,
potato,
powder,
rice,
salt,
sauce,
shallot,
shrimp,
soda,
spice,
spinach,
strawberry,
sugar,
syrup,
tablespoon,
technique,
therapy,
tomato,
vegetable,
vinegar,
yeast,
yogurt,
zest
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
kam
baIn
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| definition 1: |
a machine used for harvesting that cuts and cleans the grain.
- synonyms:
- harvester
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| definition 2: |
a group of people or organizations united by their interest in a commercial or political enterprise.
- synonyms:
- alliance, coalition, consolidation, corporation
- similar words:
- club, company, confederacy, consortium, federation, league, organization, partnership, party, syndicate, team, union
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| related words: |
association, corporation, machine, trust |
adjective + (n.)combine
individual
verb + (n.)combine
drive, invite, scout
noun + (n.)combine
crew, data, draft, farmer, football, harvester, interview, month, north, player, scouting, tractor, workout
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| derivations: |
combinable (adj.), combined (adj.) |
The word combine
contains the following part:
com-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix com-
attaches to Latin bases beginning with m, p, or b. It has multiple forms, as the 'm' sound in com-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms col-, con-, cor-, and co-. Note: com-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " commemorate
" and " command
."
Example words:
accomplish, combat, combine, commerce, commercial, commingle, commission, commissioner, commit, comparison, complex, comport, comprehend, incomprehensible, command, commemorate, commute, compare, compel, complacent, complete, complement, complicate, compliment, compose, component, compound1, compulsory, compulsive, computer, compute
- synonyms:
- syn-
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