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Synonyms for combine

Most common

mix blend merge join

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.

    I'm combining business and pleasure on this trip.

  2. n. 1

    A combination. Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes with monopolistic or fraudulent intentions.

    The telecom companies were accused of having formed an illegal combine in order to hike up the network charges.

Forms

Plural
combines → trusts, cartels, combinations, clubs…
Past participle
combined
e.g. combined → mixed, blent, merged, joined…

Example sentences

  • join If you have an umbrella, let me join you under it.
  • mix Mix two parts of rum with one part of lemon juice.
  • blend The building doesn't blend in with its surroundings.
  • merge These two municipalities will merge from next year.
  • construct We're going to construct livestock farms in Spain.
  • unite Oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
combinesteady
joinrising
mixrising
blendrising
mergerising
constructrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
mix1
4 letters
form1, club1, join1, lump1, fuse1, ming1, meld1
5 letters
match1, trust1, agree2, blend1, unite2, merge1, forme
6 letters
cartel2, embody3, mingle2, meddle2
7 letters
connect2, conjoin2
8 letters
compound2, conspire3, coalesce3, conflate2, kombinat
9 letters
associate4, construct2, aggregate3, integrate3
10 letters
amalgamate4
11 letters
combination4, incorporate4, consolidate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (agree2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
combiner
Italiano
combinare
Deutsch
kombinieren