combination

Nouns

  • (n) a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
  • (n) a coordinated sequence of chess moves
  • (n) a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock
    • he forgot the combination to the safe
  • (n) a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose
    • they were a winning combination
  • (n) 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)
  • (n) the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order
  • (n) the act of combining things to form a new whole compounding, combining,

Synonyms

compounding combining

Words of close approximity

combinative
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