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combineto join or merge two or more things together

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to join or merge two or more things together

Pronunciation (IPA): /kəmˈbaɪn/

Example Sentences

  • My mom tried to combine healthy eating with tasty food, but somehow broccoli pizza didn't work out.
  • The company decided to combine two departments to increase efficiency.
  • He combined his love for music and technology to become a DJ.

combine

VERB

[/kəmˈbaɪn/]

to join or merge two or more things together

to join or merge two or more things together
💡 Concept

to join or merge two or more things together

Combine the wine, watch it shine!
🎵 Rhyme

Combine the wine, watch it shine!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/kəmˈbaɪn/
🇬🇧 UK/kəmˈbaɪn/

🌳Etymology

Prefixcom--
Rootbin
Suffix--e

Origin

The word derives from Latin, combining the prefix 'com-' meaning 'together' and the root 'bini' meaning 'two by two' or 'in pairs'. This union produced the sense of joining two or more things together into a single whole.

Breakdown

com- (together) + bini (two by two, in pairs) = to join multiple elements together

🎵Rhyme

shinewineminefine
shine
wine
mine
fine

🔗Collocations

combine forces
combine ingredients
combine efforts
combine business with pleasure
combine harvester
perfectly combine

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My mom tried to combine healthy eating with tasty food, but somehow broccoli pizza didn't work out.

The company decided to combine two departments to increase efficiency.

He combined his love for music and technology to become a DJ.

😄 Fun example

Let's combine our pocket money and buy that giant teddy bear!

📚Related Words

Synonyms

mergeunitejoinblendintegrate

Antonyms

separatedividesplit

Related

combinationcombinedcombiner

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