Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to combine
Participle: combined
Gerund: combining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | combine |
| you | combine |
| he;she;it | combines |
| we | combine |
| you | combine |
| they | combine |
Perfect
| I | have combined |
| you | have combined |
| he;she;it | has combined |
| we | have combined |
| you | have combined |
| they | have combined |
Past
| I | combined |
| you | combined |
| he;she;it | combined |
| we | combined |
| you | combined |
| they | combined |
Pluperfect
| I | had combined |
| you | had combined |
| he;she;it | had combined |
| we | had combined |
| you | had combined |
| they | had combined |
Future
| I | will combine |
| you | will combine |
| he;she;it | will combine |
| we | will combine |
| you | will combine |
| they | will combine |
Future Perfect
| I | will have combined |
| you | will have combined |
| he;she;it | will have combined |
| we | will have combined |
| you | will have combined |
| they | will have combined |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | combine |
| you | combine |
| he;she;it | combine |
| we | combine |
| you | combine |
| they | combine |
Perfect
| I | have combined |
| you | have combined |
| he;she;it | have combined |
| we | have combined |
| you | have combined |
| they | have combined |
Imperfect
| I | combined |
| you | combined |
| he;she;it | combined |
| we | combined |
| you | combined |
| they | combined |
Pluperfect
| I | had combined |
| you | had combined |
| he;she;it | had combined |
| we | had combined |
| you | had combined |
| they | had combined |
Conditional
Present
| I | would combine |
| you | would combine |
| he;she;it | would combine |
| we | would combine |
| you | would combine |
| they | would combine |
Perfect
| I | would have combined |
| you | would have combined |
| he;she;it | would have combined |
| we | would have combined |
| you | would have combined |
| they | would have combined |
Imperative
| you | combine |
| we | Let's combine |
| you | combine |
Verbs conjugated like 'combine'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'combine'
commune,
compane,
compile,
compinge,
compone,
confine,
decombine,
incombine,
recombine,
uncombine,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to combine more than one item into one
- accouple, affix, associate, attach, bewed, bind, clasp, clinch, conglomerate, conglutinate, conjoin, connect, couple, entwine, fay, fix, graft, hitch, hook, inosculate, interlink, join, joint, knit, knot, link, marry, put together, splice, unite, wed, yoke
- to concoct from different parts
- admix, amalgamate, bemingle, blend, commingle, intermingle, intermix, mang, meddle, ming, mingle, mix, mix up
- associate
- couple, connect, link, affiliate, incorporate, form, involve, league
- blend
- fuse, admix, alloy, integrate, merge, mix, coalesce, intermix
Antonyms
- to split into two or more parts
- annex, coalesce, join, merge, divide, unify, unite
- associate
- disassociate, dissociate, alienate, separate
- blend
- divide, separate, dissociate, precipitate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1440, from M.Fr.
combiner, from L.L.
combinare "to unite, yoke together," from L.
com- "together" +
bini "two by two," adv. from
bi- "twice."
Combine "machine that cuts, threshes and cleans grain" (short for
combine harvester) first attested 1857.
Combo, U.S. slang shortening of
combination, first attested 1929.
2. PIE word
3. *dwóh₁
4. From Middle English combynyn, from Middle French combiner, from Late Latin combīnāre (“unite, yoke together”), from Latin con- (“together”) + bīnī (“two by two”). See: Middle French '
combiner'.
Verbs referencing "combine"
Finnish with old forms
kombinoida, Esperanto
kombini, Ido kombinar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] at this institution, which the State requires from all cadets, is four years; but, whether it be from the rigid nature of the discipline, or the national impatience of restraint, or both causes combined, not more than half the number who begin their studies here, ever remain to finish them.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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A day of grace is yet held out to us. Both North and South have been guilty before God; and the _Christian church_ has a heavy account to answer. Not by combining together, to protect injustice and cruelty, and making a common capital of sin, is this Union to be saved,—but by repentance, justice and mercy; for, not surer is the eternal law by which the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)