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{{also|Combine|combiné}}
==English==

===Etymology===
{{PIE word|en|dwóh₁}}
From {{der|en|frm|combiner}}, from {{der|en|LL.|combīnāre}}, present active infinitive of {{m|la|combīnō|t=unite, yoke together}}, from {{der|en|la|con-|t=together}} + {{m|la|[[binus|bīnī]]|t=two by two}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{sense|verb}}
** {{enPR|kəm-bīn'}}, {{IPA|en|/kəmˈbaɪn/}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-combine (verb).wav|a=Southern England}}
** {{rhymes|en|aɪn|s=2}}

* {{sense|noun}}
** {{IPA|en|/ˈkɒm.baɪn/|a=UK}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-combine (noun).wav|a=Southern England}}
** {{enPR|käm'bīn|a=US}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈkɑm.baɪn/}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[bring]] (two or more things or activities) [[together]]; to [[unite]].
#: {{ux|en|'''Combine''' the milk and the hot water in a large bowl.}}
#: {{ux|en|I'm '''combining''' business and pleasure on this trip.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2012-03|author=William E. Carter; Merri Sue Carter| volume=100| issue=2| page=87| magazine=w:American Scientist| title=[http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/the-british-longitude-act-reconsidered The British Longitude Act Reconsidered]| passage=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.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To have two or more things or properties that function together.
#: {{ux|en|Joe '''combines''' the intelligence of a rock with the honesty of a politician.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To come together; to [[unite]].
#: {{ux|en|two substances that easily '''combine'''}}
#* {{RQ:Dryden Aureng-zebe|passage=You with your foes '''combine''', / And seem your own destruction to design.}}
#* {{RQ:Scott Lay of the Last Minstrel|passage=So sweet did harp and voice '''combine'''.}}
# {{lb|en|card games}} In the game of [[casino]], to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of [[pip]]s equals those of the card played.
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[bind]]; to hold by a [[moral]] [[tie]].
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Measure|act=IV|scene=iii|passage=I am '''combined''' by a sacred vow.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{syndiff|en|Thesaurus:coalesce}}

====Antonyms====
* {{l|en|divide}}
* {{l|en|separate}}
* {{l|en|disunite}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|combinability|combinement|decombine|incombine|intercombine|precombine|uncombine|noncombining
|combinable
|combination
|combinatory
|combined
|recombine
|combining character|combining form|combining weight}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|bring two or more things or activities together}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|ضَمَّ}}, {{t+|ar|جَمَعَ}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|համատեղել}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|обединявам}}, {{t+|bg|комбинирам}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|combinar}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|結合|tr=jiéhé}}, {{t+|cmn|組合|tr=zǔhé}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|kombinovat}}
* Danish: {{t|da|kombinere}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|combineren}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|kombini}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|yhdistää}}, {{t+|fi|sekoittaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|combiner}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|combinar}}
* German: {{t+|de|kombinieren}}, {{t+|de|verbinden}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|συνδυάζω}}, {{t+|el|ενώνω}}, {{t+|el|σχηματίζω}}, {{t+|el|μορφώνω}}, {{t+|el|συνενώνω}}, {{t+|el|συνταιριάζω}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|ערבב|tr=irbév}} {{qualifier|things}}; {{t|he|שילב|tr=shilév}} {{qualifier|activities}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|combinare}}, {{t+|it|mischiare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|合わせる|tr=あわせる, awaseru}}, {{t+|ja|結び付ける|tr=むすびつける, musubitsukeru}}, {{t+|ja|結合|alt=結合する|tr=けつごうする, ketsugo suru}}, {{t+|ja|合併|alt=合併する|tr=がっぺいする, gappei suru}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|조합하다}}, {{t+|ko|결합하다}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|apvienot}}, {{t|lv|savienot}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakamoana}}, {{t|mi|kōnanunanu}}, {{t|mi|whakatōpū}}, {{t|mi|pāhekoheko}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|combinar}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|combinar}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|îmbina}}, {{t+|ro|combina}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|комбини́ровать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|скомбини́ровать|pf}}, {{t+|ru|объединя́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|объедини́ть|pf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|combinar}}, {{t+|es|juntar}}, {{t+|es|unir}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|కలుపు}}
* Ugaritic: {{t|uga|𐎎𐎒𐎋}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|комбінува́ти}}, {{t|uk|об'є́днувати}}, {{t|uk|сполуча́ти}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|have two or more things or properties that function together}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|съчетавам}}, {{t+|bg|комбинирам}}
* Danish: {{t|da|forene}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verenigen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|yhdistää}}, {{t|fi|[[sovittaa]] [[yhteen]]}}
* German: {{t+|de|vereinen}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|συνδυάζω}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|שילב|tr=shilév}} {{qualifier|properties}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|abbinare}}, {{t+|it|unire}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|兼ねる|tr=かねる, kaneru}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|apvienot}}, {{t|lv|savienot}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakatōpū}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|combinar}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|unir}}, {{t+|es|juntar}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|комбінува́ти}}
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===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A [[combine harvester]]
#: {{ux|en|We can't finish harvesting because our '''combine''' is stuck in the mud.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1976|author=w:The Wurzels|title=w:I Am A Cider Drinker
|passage=When those '''combine''' wheels stops turnin'<br>And the hard days work is done<br>Theres a pub around the corner<br>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.
##: {{ux|en|The telecom companies were accused of having formed an illegal '''combine''' in order to hike up the network charges.}}
## An industrial [[conglomeration]] in a [[socialist]] country, particularly in the former [[w:Soviet bloc|Soviet bloc]].
##: {{syn|en|kombinat}}
## {{lb|en|art}} An [[artwork]] falling between [[painting]] and [[sculpture]], having objects embedded into a painted surface.
# {{lb|en|American football}} A Test match in which applicants play in the hope of earning a position on a professional football team.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2008| title=Optimal Performance Techniques for the Football Combine |author=Scott Shetler | page=5| passage=If you purchased this book chances are that you are planning on participating in a football '''combine''' or pro-day test. }}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2020| title=The Science of American Football
|author=Jay R. Hoffman | page=| passage=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). }}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=April 24 2020|work=w:New York Time|author=Ken Belson; Ben Shpigel|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/sports/football/nfl-draft-live.html|title=Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis|text=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====
{{trans-see|combine harvester}}

{{trans-see|combination}}

{{trans-top|joint enterprise for a business purpose}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+check|bg|обединение|n}}, {{t+check|bg|синдикат|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|kombinát|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|yhteenliittymä}}, {{t+|fi|liittouma}}, {{t+|fi|yhtymä}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|combinat|n}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|об'є́днання}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|industrial conglomeration in the Soviet bloc}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|kombinát|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kombinaatti}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|kombinat}}, {{t|it|combinat}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|kombinat|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|комбина́т|f}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|комбіна́т|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=bceimno|becomin'}}

{{cln|en|ergative verbs|heteronyms}}
{{C|en|Agriculture|Business|Society}}

==Asturian==

===Verb===
{{head|ast|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|ast|combinar||1//3|s|pres|sub}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}

===Etymology 1===
Abbreviation of {{m|fr|combinaison}}.

====Noun====
{{fr-noun|f}}

# {{lb|fr|colloquial}} [[trick]], [[scheme]]

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Verb====
{{head|fr|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|fr|combiner||1//3|s|pres|ind//sub|;|2|s|impr}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|fr|a=bceimno|combien}}

==Galician==

===Verb===
{{head|gl|verb form}}

# {{gl-verb form of|combinar}}

==Italian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|it|fr|combine}} or {{bor|it|en|combine}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|combìn,còmbain}}

===Noun===
{{it-noun|f|#}}

# {{lb|it|sports}} [[tactical]] foul play between two people or [[team]]s aimed to [[evict]] a third person or team
#: {{syn|it|biscotto}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=bceimno|incombe|incombé}}

==Portuguese==

===Verb===
{{head|pt|verb form}}

# {{pt-verb form of|combinar}}

==Romanian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ro|[komˈbine]}}

===Verb===
{{head|ro|verb form}}

# {{verb form of|ro|combina||3|s//p|pres|sub}}

==Spanish==

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Verb===
{{head|es|verb form}}

# {{es-verb form of|combinar}}