单词 | combination |
释义 | combination (once / 199 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n A combination is a grouping together of separate things. Your desire to live to a big city might come from a combination of your dreams of being on stage, and your obsession with underground trains. Combination is the act of combining, which comes from the Latin for "joining together two by two," although it's not necessary that you combine things in pairs. Your famous party mix might be a combination of pretzels, nuts, and espresso beans. Your locker combination is the set of numbers you have to dial to open the lock. If you plan to go on a TV talent show, get ready to learn some dance combinations. Kick, spin, drop, roll! WORD FAMILYcombination: combinational, combinations, combinatorial+/combinative: noncombinative/combine: combinable, combination, combinative, combinatory, combined, combines, combining, recombine/combined: combinedly, uncombined/combining: combinings, noncombining/recombination: recombinations/recombine: recombination, recombined, recombines, recombining USAGE EXAMPLESThis would be a dangerous combination even if America was not in transition and other governments were capable of pulling together to manage the risks. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) That combination put this game, with no playoff implications, in a secondary role. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) This is a combination of the two subjects. Salon(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n the act of combining things to form a new whole Syn|Hypo|Hyper combining, compounding affixation, attachment the act of attaching or affixing something confusionan act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended admixture, commixture, intermixture, mix, mixing, mixturethe act of mixing together fusionthe act of fusing (or melting) together blend, blendingthe act of blending components together thoroughly interspersal, interspersionthe act of combining one thing at intervals among other things temperancethe act of tempering conjugation, jointure, unification, union, unitingthe act of making or becoming a single unit consolidation, integrationthe act of combining into an integral whole graft, graftingthe act of grafting something onto something else babela confusion of voices and other sounds confluence, conflux, merginga flowing together homogenisation, homogenizationthe act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutinationthe union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts reunification, reunionthe act of coming together again tribalisation, tribalizationthe act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis umbrellahaving the function of uniting a group of similar things centralisation, centralizationthe act of consolidating power under a central control incorporationconsolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body amalgamation, merger, unitingthe combination of two or more commercial companies vertical combination, vertical integrationabsorption into a single firm of several firms involved in all aspects of a product's manufacture from raw materials to distribution horizontal combination, horizontal integrationabsorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of production and sharing resources at that level change of integrity the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something 2n a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities Hypo|Hyper haplotype (genetics) a combination of alleles (for different genes) that are located closely together on the same chromosome and that tend to be inherited together amalgama combination or blend of diverse things color scheme, colour schemea planned combination of colors complexiona combination that results from coupling or interlinking accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection several things grouped together or considered as a whole 3n the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order 2Hyper mathematical operation, mathematical process, operation (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods 1n a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose they were a winning combination Hyper social unit, unit an organization regarded as part of a larger social group 2n an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes) 3Hypo|Hyper combination in restraint of trade (law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust laws of the United States) alignment, alinement, alliance, coalition an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty n a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock 4he forgot the combination to the safe Hyper sequence serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern n a coordinated sequence of chess moves Hyper sequence serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern |
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