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English noun: combination | |||
| 1. | combination (group) a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | amalgam, color scheme, colour scheme, complexion, haplotype | ||
| 2. | combination (group) a coordinated sequence of chess moves | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sequence | ||
| 3. | combination (group) a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock | ||
| Samples | He forgot the combination to the safe. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sequence | ||
| 4. | combination (group) a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose | ||
| Samples | They were a winning combination. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | social unit, unit | ||
| 5. | combination (group) 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) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alignment, alinement, alliance, coalition | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | combination in restraint of trade | ||
| Domain category | government, political science, politics | ||
| 6. | combination (act) the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mathematical operation, mathematical process, operation | ||
| 7. | combination (act) the act of combining things to form a new whole | ||
| Synonyms | combining, compounding | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change of integrity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | admixture, affixation, attachment, blend, blending, commixture, confusion, conjugation, consolidation, fusion, integration, intermixture, interspersal, interspersion, jointure, mix, mixing, mixture, temperance, unification, union, uniting | ||
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