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Combine
Definitions
- 1 London Underground colloquial
- 1 Ellipsis of combine harvester. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
"We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud."
- 2 harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field wordnet
- 3 A combination.; 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.
"The telecom companies were accused of having formed an illegal combine in order to hike up the network charges."
- 4 an occurrence that results in things being united wordnet
- 5 A combination.; An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.
"His grandmother worked in the stamping plant of the sheet and tin combine."
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- 6 a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service wordnet
- 7 A combination.; An artwork falling between painting and sculpture, having objects embedded into a painted surface.
- 8 Ellipsis of combine car, a type of railway car that combines passenger and freight functions. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
- 9 A test match in which applicants play in the hope of earning a position on a professional football team.
"If you purchased this book chances are that you are planning on participating in a football combine or pro-day test."
- 1 To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite. transitive
"Combine the milk and the hot water in a large bowl."
- 2 put or add together wordnet
- 3 To have two or more things or properties that function together. transitive
"Joe combines the intelligence of a rock with the honesty of a politician."
- 4 mix together different elements wordnet
- 5 To come together; to unite. intransitive
"two substances that easily combine"
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- 6 gather in a mass, sum, or whole wordnet
- 7 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.
- 8 combine so as to form a whole; mix wordnet
- 9 To bind; to hold by a moral tie. obsolete
"I am combined by a sacred vow."
- 10 add together from different sources wordnet
- 11 join for a common purpose or in a common action wordnet
- 12 have or possess in combination wordnet
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”).
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”).
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.
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