Combine Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

Britannica Dictionary definition of COMBINE

1

[+ object]

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to cause (two or more things) to be together or to work together

• We decided to combine both methods/techniques.
• The groups have combined forces to lobby for reform.

— often + with

• The drug may be combined with other treatments.

2

a

[+ object]

:

to mix (two or more things) together to form a single thing

• Combine the ingredients (together) in a large bowl.
• combining oxygen and/with hydrogen

b

[no object]

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to come together and form a single thing or group

• Atoms combine [=_unite_] to form molecules.
• The two companies combined [=_merged_] under his leadership.

3

[+ object]

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to have (two or more different things) at the same time

• a writer whose novels combine imagination and scholarship
• She found it difficult to combine a career and family.
• This method of payment combines the advantages of cash with the convenience of a check.

4

[no object]

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to act together

• Many factors combined to cause the recession.
• All of these elements combine to make a wonderfully entertaining movie.

Britannica Dictionary definition of COMBINE

[count]

1

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a group of people or organizations that work together

• The teams belong to a combine that scouts new players.
• a political combine

2

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a machine that cuts crops (such as corn or wheat) and separates the seeds of the plant from the rest of the plant