Meaning & use
Combination
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A joining or mixture of two or more different things, elements, or qualities.
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The dish is a combination of sweet and spicy flavors.
You need to enter the correct combination to open the safe.
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In mathematics, 'combination' has a precise technical meaning: a selection of items from a set where order does not matter, distinct from a 'permutation'.
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