combine

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field
  2. noun a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
  3. noun an occurrence that results in things being united

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”).

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