Dictionary entry details
• COMBINATION (noun)
Meaning:
A collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("combination" is a kind of...):
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "combination"):
amalgam (a combination or blend of diverse things)
color scheme; colour scheme (a planned combination of colors)
complexion (a combination that results from coupling or interlinking)
Meaning:
A coordinated sequence of chess moves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("combination" is a kind of...):
sequence (serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern)
Meaning:
A sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
he forgot the combination to the safe
Hypernyms ("combination" is a kind of...):
sequence (serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern)
Meaning:
A group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
they were a winning combination
Hypernyms ("combination" is a kind of...):
social unit; unit (an organization regarded as part of a larger social group)
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("combination" is a kind of...):
alignment; alinement; alliance; coalition (an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty)
Domain category:
government; political science; politics (the study of government of states and other political units)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "combination"):
combination in restraint of trade ((law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust laws of the United States))
Meaning:
The act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("combination" is a kind of...):
mathematical operation; mathematical process; operation ((mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods)
Meaning:
The act of combining things to form a new whole
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
compounding; combining; combination
Hypernyms ("combination" is a kind of...):
change of integrity (the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "combination"):
affixation; attachment (the act of attaching or affixing something)
consolidation; integration (the act of combining into an integral whole)
conjugation; jointure; unification; union; uniting (the act of making or becoming a single unit)
temperance (the act of tempering)
interspersal; interspersion (the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things)
blend; blending (the act of blending components together thoroughly)
fusion (the act of fusing (or melting) together)
admixture; commixture; intermixture; mix; mixing; mixture (the act of mixing together)
confusion (an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended)
