Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.

    Combine the milk and the hot water in a large bowl.

    I'm combining business and pleasure on this trip.

    kombinieren, verbinden

    комбини́роватьkombinírovatʹ, скомбини́роватьskombinírovatʹ, объединя́тьobʺjedinjátʹ

    комбінува́тиkombinuváty, об'є́днуватиobʺjédnuvaty, сполуча́тиspolučáty

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

    Joe combines the intelligence of a rock with the honesty of a politician.

    vereinen

    комбінува́тиkombinuváty

  3. (intransitive)To come together; to unite.

    two substances that easily combine

    put or add together

  4. 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.

Examples

118 sentences
  1. He combined two ideas into one.

  2. They combined forces to fight the enemy.

    ruОни объединили свои силы для того, чтобы одолеть врага. — Olya

    deSie vereinigten ihre Kräfte, um den Feind zu bekämpfen. — Esperantostern

  3. Tom makes more money than all of the rest of us combined.

  4. Hydrogen and oxygen combine to form water.

    ruВодород и кислород объединяются, чтобы создать воду. — timsa

    deWasserstoff und Sauerstoff verbinden sich und werden zu Wasser. — xtofu80

  5. Tom earns more than both of his parents combined.

    ruТом зарабатывает больше, чем его родители вместе взятые. — marafon

    deTom verdient mehr als seine beiden Eltern zusammen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
bring two or more things or activities together:
Русский
By meaning 1
bring two or more things or activities together:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
bring two or more things or activities together:
have two or more things or properties that function together:

Forms

combines, combining, combined, combined
Base formcombine · to combine
3rd person singularcombines
Present participlecombining
Past simplecombined
Past participlecombined

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycombine
he, she, itcombines

Past simpleLesson

all personscombined

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave combined
he, she, ithas combined

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill combine

Synonyms

14 synonyms
synonyms at Thesaurus:coalesce
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

18 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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