combine

1. 1.

   harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field

   Broaderharvester
2. 2.

   a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service

   “they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly”

   Synonymstrustcorporate trustcartel

   Broaderconsortium

   Narrowerdrug carteloil cartel
3. 3.

   an occurrence that results in things being united

   Synonymscombining

   Broaderunion

   Narrowerrecombinationconsolidationmixconglomeration

Other forms of combine

plural

combines·

past tense

combined·

present participle

combining·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about combine

What does combine mean?

combine means "have or possess in combination". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in combine?

combine has 2 syllables: com-bine. The stress falls on "com". In IPA it is /ˈkɑmbaɪn/.

What is another word for combine?

Close synonyms include unite, compound, compound, aggregate, blend. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is combine a common word?

combine is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.