combine

Meaning

Verb

1. To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
2. To have two or more things or properties that function together.
3. To come together; to unite.
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.

Noun

1. A combine harvester
2. A combination
3. A combination
4. A combination
5. A Test match in which applicants play in the hope of earning a position on a professional football team.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəmˈbaɪn/

Etymology

PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle French combiner, from Late Latin combīnāre, present active infinitive of combīnō (“unite, yoke together”), from Latin con- (“together”) + bīnī (“two by two”).