different between combination vs combine

English

Etymology

From Middle English combinacioun, combynacyoun, from Old French combination, from Late Latin comb?n?ti?.Morphologically combine +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?mb??ne???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?mb??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

combination (countable and uncountable, plural combinations)

1. The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.

2. An object formed by combining.
3. A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock.

4. (mathematics) One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.
5. An association or alliance of people for some common purpose.
6. (billiards) A combination shot; a billiard; a shot where the cue ball hits a ball that strikes another ball on the table.
7. A motorcycle and sidecar.
8. A rapid sequence of punches or strikes in boxing or other combat sports.

Synonyms

• (act of combining): fusion, merger

Antonyms

• (act of combining): division, separation
• (mathematics): permutation

Derived terms

• combination fried rice
• recombination

Related terms

• combinative
• combinatory
• combine

Translations

See also

• permutation

Further reading

• combination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Motorcycle and sidecar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Middle French combiner, from Late Latin comb?n?re, present active infinitive of comb?n? (“unite, yoke together”), from Latin con- (“together”) + b?n? (“two by two”).

Pronunciation

• Verb
• enPR: k?m-b?n', IPA^(key): /k?m?ba?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

• Noun
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?m.ba?n/
• (US) enPR: käm'b?n, IPA^(key): /?k?m.ba?n/
• Rhymes: -?mba?n

Verb

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.

2. (transitive) To have two or more things or properties that function together.

3. (intransitive) To come together; to unite.
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.
5. (obsolete) To bind; to hold by a moral tie.

Synonyms

• See synonyms at Thesaurus:coalesce.

Antonyms

• divide
• separate
• disunite

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

combine (plural combines)

1. A combine harvester
   • 1976, The Wurzels, I Am A Cider Drinker

     When those combine wheels stops turnin'
     And the hard days work is done
     Theres a pub around the corner
     It's the place we 'ave our fun

2. A combination
   1. 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 intentions.

   2. An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.

      Synonym: kombinat

   3. (art) An artwork falling between painting and sculpture, having objects embedded into a painted surface.
3. (American football) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Translations

Anagrams

• becomin'

Asturian

Verb

combine

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of combinar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.bin/

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of combinaison.

Noun

combine f (plural combines)

1. (colloquial) trick, scheme

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

combine

1. inflection of combiner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• combien

Further reading

• “combine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Verb

combine

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of combinar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of combinar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of combinar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of combinar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kom?bine]

Verb

combine

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of combina
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of combina

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom?bine/, [kõm?bi.ne]

Verb

combine

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.