combine

Definition

  • verb: to cause (two or more things) to be together or to work together
  • verb: to bring into such close relationship as to obscure individual characters
  • often + 'with'
  • synonyms: merge, bind, agree

Examples

  • This method of payment 'combines' the advantages of cash with the convenience of a check.

  • All of these elements 'combine' to make a wonderfully entertaining movie.

  • The two companies 'combined' [='merged'] under his leadership.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I gotta crash. Everything's fine. What's that all about? In this recombination lab... ...we use synthesized transfer RNA to encode an entirely new genome... ...combining the genetic information from all three... ... into these genetically designed super-spiders. Dr. Osborn, please. (..)
    2002 Spider-Man
  • (..) - Really? - Yeah, it's a defense mechanism. - Cool. ...transfer RNA to encode an entirely new genome... ...combining the genetic information from all three... ...into these genetically designed super-spiders. There's . I beg your pardon? (..)
    2002 Spider-Man
  • (..) Ammonium sulphate, among other aromas. Phosphorus. Formaldehyde. It looks like he was attempting to combine some kind of sorcery and scientific formula. More importantly... What he was trying to dispose of. Potassium and magnesium. (..)
    2009 Sherlock Holmes