# combine

Pronunciation: say "kuhm-BYN" /kəmˈbaɪn/

## Verb

1. To bring two or more things or activities together into a single whole.
   - Simple: To join two or more things together into one.
   - _The recipe asks you to combine the dry ingredients before adding milk._
   - _Architects often combine glass and steel in modern buildings._
2. To come together and form a single united whole.
   - Simple: To come together and join as one.
   - _When the chemicals combine, they release a great deal of heat._
   - _Several small parties combined to form a single political movement._
3. To unite in itself at least two things or qualities that work together.
   - Simple: To have two or more parts or qualities that work together.
   - _These fabrics combine warmth and breathability in a single layer._
   - _Her design combines beauty with everyday usefulness._

## Noun

4. Short form of combine harvester. — Ellipsis of combine harvester. (pronounced: say "KOM-byn" US /ˈkɑm.baɪn/, UK /ˈkɒm.baɪn/)
   - Simple: Short form of combine harvester. It is the large farm machine that cuts and collects grain.
   - _By August the combine was running through the barley from dawn to dusk._
   - _The cooperative bought a new combine to speed up the harvest._
5. A combination of two or more people or things that have been brought together.
   - Simple: A group or mix made by putting two or more people or things together.
   - _The opening combine of Rao and Mehta put on a hundred runs before lunch._
   - _The screenwriting combine behind the film had already worked together on six scripts._
6. A joint business enterprise of any legal form, created to promote its members' interests, sometimes with monopolistic or fraudulent aims. (pronounced: say "KOM-byn" US /ˈkɑm.baɪn/, UK /ˈkɒm.baɪn/)
   - Simple: A group of companies or people that join together for business, sometimes to control a market unfairly.
   - _The mining combine controlled nearly every quarry in the valley._
   - _Investigators alleged the combine had rigged contracts for years._
7. An evaluation event at which prospective players perform drills and games hoping to earn a place on a professional football team. (pronounced: say "KOM-byn" US /ˈkɑm.baɪn/, UK /ˈkɒm.baɪn/)
   - Simple: A tryout event where players compete to win a spot on a professional football team.
   - _Scouts timed every sprint at the combine before making draft decisions._
   - _Her brother attended the combine but went undrafted._
8. A large industrial grouping operated as a single enterprise in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc. (pronounced: say "KOM-byn" US /ˈkɑm.baɪn/, UK /ˈkɒm.baɪn/)
   - Simple: A large group of factories run as one unit in a socialist country, especially in the old Soviet bloc.
   - _The agricultural combine merged dozens of collective farms under one management._
   - _Production quotas for the combine were set years in advance._

## Verb

9. To bind a person; to hold someone by a moral tie such as duty, oath, or loyalty. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To tie or bind someone through a sense of duty or loyalty.

## Other meanings

- (noun) An artwork lying between painting and sculpture, in which physical objects are embedded into a painted surface.
- (verb) In the game of casino, to play a card that captures two or more table cards whose pip values together equal the card played.
- (noun) Short form of combine car.

## Origin

It comes through Middle English combynyn and Middle French combiner from Late Latin combīnāre ("to unite, yoke together"), formed from Latin con- ("together") and bīnī ("two by two").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/combine (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).