Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
combine .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of combining things to form a new whole
- noun an occurrence that results in things being united
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Examples
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By taking the equivalent or some multiple of it a value can be obtained for each element which will represent its combining value, and for this reason is called its _combining weight_.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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“Crowdsourcing” is a term combining the word “crowd,” a random collection of people, and the word “outsourcing,” a corporate practice of sending jobs abroad where wages are lower.
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"We like to say they'll be our little Swasian babies," said Yang, coining a term combining the couple's respective Hmong and Swedish ancestry.
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She was, is and always will be suikappu, a nickname combining the Japanese word for Watermelon (suika) and the Japlish word for cup, or "kappu".
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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She was, is and always will be suikappu, a nickname combining the Japanese word for Watermelon (suika) and the Japlish word for cup, or "kappu".
Top 5 Most Outrageous Japanese Female Celebrity Nicknames 2007
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Critics dubbed her "Zensursula," a portmanteau word combining her name and the German word for censorship.
Free Internet Press 2010
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Critics dubbed her "Zensursula," a portmanteau word combining her name and the German word for censorship.
Free Internet Press 2010
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According to the encyclopedia of free commerce, Co-opetition "is a term combining the words co-operation and competition and refers to the arrangement between competing firms to cooperate on specific projects or in certain areas of business for mutual benefit, even while remaining competitors in general."
unknown title 2009
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The whole concept of food combining is nothing but a big steaming heap of crap.
Food Combos More Nutritious Together Than Separate | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Death Troopers excels in combining a number of these base ingredients.
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