different between combine vs guild

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.

English

Alternative forms

• gild

Etymology

From Middle English gilde, from Old Norse gildi (“payment, guild”). Related to geld, yield, yauld.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ld/
• Rhymes: -?ld
• Homophones: gild, gilled

Noun

guild (plural guilds)

1. A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans for mutual aid, particularly in the Middle Ages.
2. A corporation.
3. (ecology) A group of diverse species that share common characteristics or habits.
4. (video games) An organized group of players who regularly play together in a multiplayer game.

Synonyms

• (medieval professional associations): Hanse (merchants)
• (modern professional associations): trade union, union, professional association

Translations

See also

• (meeting place): guild hall, guildhall, guildsman, guildswoman, common house, common hall

References

• The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000, Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009
• Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, HarperCollins Publishers, 2003