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单词 combinative
释义

combinative

[ kom-buh-ney-tiv, kuhm-bahy-nuh- ]
/ ˈkɒm bəˌneɪ tɪv, kəmˈbaɪ nə- /
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adjective

tending or serving to combine.
of, relating to, or resulting from combination.

Origin of combinative

First recorded in 1850–55; combinat(ion) + -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM combinative

non·com·bi·na·tive, adjectiveun·com·bi·na·tive, adjective

Words nearby combinative

combinations, combination shot, combination square, combination therapy, combination tone, combinative, combinatorial, combinatorial analysis, combinatorial topology, combinatorics, combinatory
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Example sentences from the Web for combinative

  • This requires a higher type of mental association (combinative power) than mere enumeration.

    The Measurement of Intelligence|Lewis Madison Terman
  • Primitive man was a combinative beast, and because of it he rose to primacy over all the animals.

    The Iron Heel|Jack London
  • They have great imagination, but it is the "combinative" imagination rather than the free poetic fancy of the Celt.

    The Old World in the New|Edward Alsworth Ross

British Dictionary definitions for combinative

combinative

combinatorial (ˌkɒmbɪnəˈtɔːrɪəl) or combinatory (ˈkɒmbɪnətərɪ, -trɪ)

/ (ˈkɒmbɪˌneɪtɪv, -nətɪv) /

adjective

resulting from being, tending to be, or able to be joined or mixed together
linguistics (of a sound change) occurring only in specific contexts or as a result of some other factor, such as change of stress within a wordCompare isolative (def. 1)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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