Combine | Mean of combine in English Dictionary

/kəmˈbaɪn/

• Verb
• to cause (two or more things) to be together or to work together
1. We decided to combine both methods/techniques.
2. The groups have combined forces to lobby for reform.
3. The drug may be combined with other treatments.
• to mix (two or more things) together to form a single thing
1. Combine the ingredients (together) in a large bowl.
2. combining oxygen and/with hydrogen
• to come together and form a single thing or group
1. Atoms combine [=unite] to form molecules.
2. The two companies combined [=merged] under his leadership.

• to have (two or more different things) at the same time
1. a writer whose novels combine imagination and scholarship
2. She found it difficult to combine a career and family.
3. This method of payment combines the advantages of cash with the convenience of a check.
• to act together
1. Many factors combined to cause the recession.
2. All of these elements combine to make a wonderfully entertaining movie.
• Noun
• a group of people or organizations that work together
1. The teams belong to a combine that scouts new players.
2. a political combine
• a machine that cuts crops (such as corn or wheat) and separates the seeds of the plant from the rest of the plant