Combination

Noun

 * 1) The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.
 * 2) A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock.
 * 3)  One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.
 * 4) An association or alliance of people for some common purpose.
 * 5)  A combination shot; a billiard; a shot where the cue ball hits a ball that strikes another ball on the table.

Adjectives for Combination
charming; rare; wonderful; striking; perfect; lovely; pretty; extraordinary; amazing; unusual; curious; grotesque; strange; foolish; occasional; lucky; strategic; simplest; unbeatable; agricultural; mental; brilliant; intricate; intellectual; exclusive; special; ecstatic; positive; possible; seasonable; solemn; subtle; gigantic; magnificent; extensive; weird; nutritive; synergistic; inexplicable; incongruous; pleasing; industrial; vigorous; ingenious; color; skillful; equilibrious; pernicious; bright; bold; distasteful; dramatic; compelling; illegal; fortunate; roomy; irresistible; unholy; dextrous.

Verbs for Combination
achieve—; attain—; balk at—; capture—; conceal—; guard—; hide—; join—; justify—; lock in—; reveal—; seal—; warn against—; weld—; —conflicts; —strength¬ens; evolve—.

Thesaurus
collocation, colloid, collusion, combine, combined effort, combo, comminglement, commingling, commixture, common market, communication, comparison, composite, composition, compound, comradeship, concatenation, concert, concerted action, concoction, concomitance, concordance, concourse, concurrence, confection, confederacy, confederation, confluence, conflux, confraternity, congeries, conglomerate, conglomeration, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connectedness, connection, consilience, consolidation, consortium, conspiracy, constitution, construction, consumer cooperative, contiguity, contrariety, convergence, cooperation, cooperative, cooperative society, copartnership, copartnery, copulation, corps, corralling, correspondence, coterie, council, coupling, credit union, customs union, data-gathering, dealings, decoction, decoctum, deduction, disjunction, eclecticism, economic community, embodiment, emulsion, ensemble, fabrication, faction, fashioning, federation, fellowship, filiation, formation, fraternalism, fraternity, fraternization, free trade area, freemasonry, fusion, gang, gathering, getup, group, grouping, homology, hookup, identification, identity, immixture, inclusion, incorporation, individuality, indivisibility, ingathering, intactness, integrality, integration, integrity, intercommunication, intercourse, interfusion, interlarding, interlardment, interlinking, interminglement, intermingling, intermixture, intimacy, inventory, inviolability, irreducibility, joinder, joining, jointure, junction, juxtaposition, knotting, league, liaison, link, linkage, linking, machine, magma, make, makeup, marriage, meeting, melding, mergence, merger, merging, mingling, mix, mixing, mixture, mob, mobilization, mosaic, muster, mutual attraction, nearness, oneness, organic unity, organization, pairing, parasitism, particularity, partnership, party, paste, patchwork, piecing together, pluralism, political machine, pool, propinquity, proximity, purity, putting together, rapport, relatedness, relation, relations, relationship, ring, rodeo, roundup, saprophytism, selfsameness, set, setup, shaping, similarity, simplicity, simultaneity, singleness, singularity, society, sodality, solidarity, solidification, solidity, solution, sorority, splice, structure, structuring, survey, suspension, symbiosis, sympathy, synchronism, syncretism, syndicate, syndication, syneresis, synergy, synthesis, tie, tie-in, tie-up, togetherness, trust, undividedness, unification, uniformity, union, uniqueness, united action, unity, univocity, wholeness, yoking, Bund, Rochdale cooperative, accompaniment, accord, accordance, addition, adjunct, admixture, affairs, affiliation, affinity, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregate, aggregation, agreement, alignment, alliance, alloy, alloyage, amalgam, amalgamation, approximation, array, articulation, assemblage, assembly, association, axis, band, blend, blending, bloc, body, bond, bracketing, brew, building, buildup, cabal, cahoots, call-up, canvass, cartel, census, circle, clique, closeness, clustering, co-working, coaction, coadunation, coalescence, coalition, coincidence, collaboration, colleagueship, collection, collectivity, college, collegialism, collegiality, colligation.

Derived terms

 * recombination

Related terms

 * combinatory
 * combine

Translations

 * Bulgarian: съединение, обединение
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: ,
 * Finnish: yhdistäminen, yhdistely


 * German:
 * Romanian: combinare, combinări
 * Russian: (sojedin'énie),  (objedin'énie)
 * Swedish: (the state of..), kombinering (the act of...)


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Romanian: combinație, combinații
 * Russian: (kombinácija)
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: birleşim, kombinasyon


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: ,


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Russian: (kombinácija),  (sočetánije)
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: обединение
 * Dutch:


 * Finnish:
 * Russian: (objedin'énie)


 * Finnish: