Main Entry: 1com·bine
Pronunciation: k&m-'bIn
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): com·bined; com·bin·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French combiner, from Late Latin combinare, from Latin com- + bini two by two -- more at BIN-
transitive senses
1 a : to bring into such close relationship as to obscure individual characters : MERGE b : to cause to unite into a chemical compound c : to unite into a single number or expression <combine fractions and simplify>
2 : INTERMIX, BLEND
3 : to possess in combination
intransitive senses
1 a : to become one b : to unite to form a chemical compound
2 : to act together
synonym see JOIN
- com·bin·able /-'bI-n&-b&l/ adjective
- com·bin·er noun