# combine
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (verb):
** enPR: kəm-bīn', IPA: /kəmˈbaɪn/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
** Rhymes: -aɪn
* (noun):
** (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒm.baɪn/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
** (US) enPR: käm'bīn, IPA: /ˈkɑm.baɪn/

### Verb

combine (third-person singular simple present combines, present participle combining, simple past and past participle combined)
* (transitive) To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
    Combine the milk and the hot water in a large bowl.
    I'm combining business and pleasure on this trip.
** 2012 March, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 87:Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.
* (transitive) To have two or more things or properties that function together.
    Joe combines the intelligence of a rock with the honesty of a politician.
* (intransitive) To come together; to unite.
    two substances that easily combine
** 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, →OCLC, (please specify the page number):You with your foes combine, / And seem your own destruction to design.
** 1805, Walter Scott, “(please specify the page)”, in The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem, London: […] [James Ballantyne] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], and A[rchibald] Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:So sweet did harp and voice combine.
* (card games) 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.
* (obsolete) To bind; to hold by a moral tie.
** c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:I am combined by a sacred vow.

#### Synonyms

* See synonyms at Thesaurus:coalesce.

#### Antonyms

* divide
* separate
* disunite

#### Derived terms

* combinability
* combinable
* combination
* combinatory
* combined
* combinement
* combining character
* combining form
* combining weight
* decombine
* incombine
* intercombine
* noncombining
* precombine
* recombine
* uncombine

#### Translations
### Noun

combine (plural combines)
* Ellipsis of combine harvester.
    We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud.
** 1976, The Wurzels, I Am A Cider Drinker:When those combine wheels stops turnin' And the hard days work is done Theres a pub around the corner It's the place we 'ave our fun
* A combination.
** Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes with monopolistic or fraudulent intentions.
    Hyponyms: corporation, conglomerate, cartel
    The telecom companies were accused of having formed an illegal combine in order to hike up the network charges.
*** 2023, David Brandon, The General Strike 1926: A New History, Pen and Sword Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 48:[In the decades before the First World War] In the USA and Germany in particular, huge manufacturing combines were being created and were developing a very powerful economic and increasingly political presence at home and on international markets.
** An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.
    Synonym: kombinat
    His grandmother worked in the stamping plant of the sheet and tin combine.
** (art) An artwork falling between painting and sculpture, having objects embedded into a painted surface.
* (American football) A test match in which applicants play in the hope of earning a position on a professional football team.
** 2008, Scott Shetler, Optimal Performance Techniques for the Football Combine, page 5:If you purchased this book chances are that you are planning on participating in a football combine or pro-day test.
** 2020, Jay R. Hoffman, The Science of American Football:In 2008, a study was published that examined the ability of the NFL combine to predict football playing performance in the NFL (Kuzmits and Adams, 2008).
** 2020 April 24, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in New York Time‎:At the combine, Reagor compared himself to the 49ers’ Deebo Samuel or Chiefs’ Tyreek Hill — whom he said he watched “every day”

#### Derived terms

* combine driver

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* becomin'

## Asturian
### Verb

combine
* first/third-person singular present subjunctive of combinar

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ̃.bin/

### Etymology 1

Abbreviation of combinaison.

#### Noun

combine f (plural combines)
* (colloquial) trick, scheme

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

combine
* inflection of combiner:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “combine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* combien

## Galician
### Verb

combine
* inflection of combinar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French combine or English combine.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /komˈbin/, /ˈkɔm.bajn/
* Rhymes: -in, -ɔmbajn

### Noun

combine f (invariable)
* (sports) tactical foul play between two people or teams aimed to evict a third person or team
    Synonym: biscotto

### Anagrams

* incombe, incombé

## Portuguese
### Verb

combine
* inflection of combinar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [komˈbine]

### Verb

combine
* third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of combina

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /komˈbine/ [kõmˈbi.ne]
* Rhymes: -ine
* Syllabification: com‧bi‧ne

### Verb

combine
* inflection of combinar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative