Meaning & use
combine
To join or merge two or more things to form a single unit or mixture.
See it in a sentence
Combine the flour and sugar before adding the melted butter.
The two small companies combined to compete with larger rivals.
A note on using this word
Stress falls on the second syllable as a verb (com-BINE) but the first syllable as a noun (COM-bine), meaning a farm harvesting machine.
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A large farm machine that harvests and processes grain crops in one operation.
The combine moved slowly across the wheat field at dawn.
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