different between combine vs society

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.
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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

• soc. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French societé , from Latin societ?s, societ?tem (“fellowship, association, alliance, union, community”), from socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”), from Proto-Indo-European *sok?-yo- (“companion”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek?- (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??sa?.?.ti/

Noun

society (countable and uncountable, plural societies)

1. (countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
2. (countable) A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.

   • At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.

3. (countable) The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
4. (uncountable) The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole.
5. (uncountable) High society.
6. (countable, law) A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.

Derived terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• "society" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 291.