American English pronunciation
How to pronounce combinations
IPA transcription: [,kɑmbə'neɪʃənz]
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Noun
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a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
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the act of combining things to form a new whole
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a coordinated sequence of chess moves
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a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock
“he forgot the combination to the safe”
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a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose
“they were a winning combination”
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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)
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the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order
Usage examples
- Other combinations of genes have also been used.
- This rules out certain orientational combinations when two neighbor molecules are considered.
- The bubble-particle combinations are elevated to the froth zone driven by buoyancy forces.
- Their partner may do likewise if they have any point combinations.
- The work was published for different combinations of instruments.
- There are also combinations possible.
- The material is often used in mokume-gane combinations.
- These combinations are currently regarded as second choice drugs.
- There are several screens of challenge with different combinations of obstacles.
- Some of the vowels are also represented using different letter combinations.