combine
noun/ˈkɑm.baɪn/ · /ˈkɒm.baɪn/
Etymology PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English combynyn, from Middle French combiner, from Late Latin combīnāre (“unite, yoke together”), from Latin con- (“together”) + bīnī (“two by two”).
Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of combine harvester.
- We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud.
- When those combine wheels stops turnin' And the hard days work is done Theres a pub around the corner It's the place we 'ave our fun1976, The Wurzels, I Am A Cider Drinker:
› 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.
- [In the decades before the First World War] In the USA and Germany in particular, huge manufacturing combines were being created and were developing a very powerful economic and increasingly political presence at home and on international markets.2023, David Brandon, The General Strike 1926: A New History, Pen and Sword Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 48:
An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.
- His grandmother worked in the stamping plant of the sheet and tin combine.
Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of combine car, a type of railway car that combines passenger and freight functions.
American football, Ball games, Football, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A test match in which applicants play in the hope of earning a position on a professional football team.
- If you purchased this book chances are that you are planning on participating in a football combine or pro-day test.2008, Scott Shetler, Optimal Performance Techniques for the Football Combine, page 5:
- In 2008, a study was published that examined the ability of the NFL combine to predict football playing performance in the NFL (Kuzmits and Adams, 2008).2020, Jay R. Hoffman, The Science of American Football:
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- At the combine, Reagor compared himself to the 49ers’ Deebo Samuel or Chiefs’ Tyreek Hill — whom he said he watched “every day”2020 April 23, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2020:
- Derived terms
- combine driver